Download Computer telephony audio configuration

US 6,731,993 B1
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18. The method of claim 17, Wherein the stored optimal
example, the techniques described above Were utilized to
optimize an audio con?guration for computer telephony but
the invention can also be advantageously applied to opti
setting is optimal for computer telephony applications.
miZing or validating audio con?gurations or other uses.
Therefore, the above description should not be taken as
con?guration of a computer, comprising:
19. A computer program product that validates an audio
computer code that retrieves an audio con?guration set
limiting the scope of the invention that is de?ned by the
metes and bounds of the folloWing claims along With their
full scope of equivalents.
What is claimed:
1. Acomputer implemented method of validating an audio
con?guration of a computer, comprising:
retrieving an audio con?guration setting of the computer;
comparing the audio con?guration setting to a stored
ting of the computer;
computer code that compares the audio con?guration
setting to a stored optimal setting;
computer code that displays a report to a user that the
audio con?guration setting of the computer is not
optimal if the audio con?guration setting is not equal to
the stored optimal setting; and
optimal setting; and
displaying a report to a user that the audio con?guration
a computer readable medium that stores the computer
codes.
setting of the computer is not optimal if the audio
con?guration setting is not equal to the stored optimal
20. The computer program product of claim 19, Wherein
the computer readable medium is a CD-ROM, ?oppy disk,
setting.
tape, ?ash memory, system memory, hard drive, or a data
signal embodied in a carrier Wave.
2. The method of claim 1, Wherein the stored optimal
setting is a speci?c value or a range of values.
21. The computer program product of claim 19 further
3. The method of claim 1, Wherein the stored optimal
setting is stored locally on the computer.
4. The method of claim 1, Wherein the stored optimal
comprising:
setting is stored remotely on a netWork.
5. The method of claim 1, Wherein the audio con?guration
relates to hardWare of the computer.
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computer code that eXamines the computer to determine
hardWare of the computer;
and Wherein said stored optimal setting is further based on
the hardWare of the computer.
22. A system, comprising:
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising retrieving
the stored optimal setting for the hardWare from a database
that stores optimal settings for different hardWare.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
a processor; and
a computer readable medium storing a computer program
including computer code that retrieves an audio con
retrieving a plurality of audio con?guration settings of the
?guration setting of the computer, computer code that
computer;
analyZing the plurality of audio con?guration settings;
optimal setting, and computer code that displays a
and
displaying in the report to the user that an audio con?gu
compares the audio con?guration setting to a stored
report to a user that the audio con?guration setting of
con?guration setting is not optimal in relation to one or
more of the other audio con?guration settings.
the computer is not optimal if the audio con?guration
setting is not equal to the stored optimal setting.
23. The system of claim 22, Wherein the computer read
able medium is a CD-ROM, ?oppy disk, tape, ?ash memory,
8. The method of claim 7, Wherein analyZing further
system memory, hard drive, or a data signal embodied in a
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ration setting of the computer is not optimal if the audio
includes computing a Boolean or numerical calculation on
carrier Wave.
the plurality of audio con?guration settings.
24. The system of claim 22, Wherein said computer
program also includes computer code that eXamines the
computer to determine hardWare of the computer, and
Wherein said stored optimal setting is further based on the
hardWare of the computer.
25. A computer implemented method of validating an
9. The method of claim 7, Wherein the report also includes
the one or more of the other audio con?guration settings.
10. The method of claim 1, Wherein the report also
includes the stored optimal setting.
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11. The method of claim 1, Wherein the report also
includes information on changing the audio con?guration.
12. The method of claim 1, Wherein the audio con?gu
audio con?guration of a computer, comprising:
retrieving a plurality of audio con?guration settings of the
computer;
analyZing the plurality of audio con?guration settings;
ration is one of a plurality of audio con?gurations that are
validated.
13. The method of claim 1, Wherein the stored optimal
and
setting is optimal for computer telephony applications.
14. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
examining the computer to determine hardWare of the
computer; and
Wherein said stored optimal setting is also based on the
hardWare of the computer, and said hardWare of the
computer is stored in a con?guration database.
15. The method of claim 14, Wherein the con?guration
displaying a report to a user that an audio con?guration
setting of the computer is not optimal if the audio
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con?guration setting is not optimal in relation to one or
more of the other audio con?guration settings.
26. The method of claim 25, Wherein analyZing further
includes computing a Boolean or numerical calculation on
the plurality of audio con?guration settings.
27. The method of claim 25, Wherein the report also
database is a WINDOWS Registry.
includes the one or more of the other audio con?guration
16. The method of claim 14, Wherein the stored optimal
setting is stored in a database that stores optimal settings for
different hardWare.
settings.
28. The method of claim 25, Wherein the report also
includes information on changing the audio con?guration.
29. The method of claim 25, Wherein the audio con?gu
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising accessing
a netWork to retrieve the stored optimal setting for the
hardWare if the stored optimal setting is not in the database
that stores optimal settings for different hardWare.
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ration setting optimal in relation to the one or more of the
other audio con?guration settings for computer telephony
applications.