Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for controlling streaming audio signals and voice signals, for example compressed sound signals, music signals, image signals, and/or voice signals which are held in readiness in one or more data files (servers for recall by one or more control commands through one or more playback devices (users). Initially a patterned information profile is sent to configure a user interface and then, based upon triggering by the user the corresponding digital signals are sent from the data source to the user and are reproduced by a decoder.