System and method for providing acoustic management in a computer
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1. A method of providing acoustic management in a computer comprising:
- receiving from a user instructions regarding a selected acoustic level via an interface; and
adjusting an operational level of at least one subsystem of the computer to achieve the selected acoustic level.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface (“GUI”) for enabling a user to select an acoustic level at which a computer should operate, for example, as a percentage of the full acoustic level. Once a level is selected, the performance of various computer subsystems is adjusted to achieve the selected acoustic level and the user may preview the selected level by selecting a button on the GUI. In one embodiment, this adjustment is performed using predefined operational states of the computer.
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1. A method of providing acoustic management in a computer comprising:
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receiving from a user instructions regarding a selected acoustic level via an interface; and
adjusting an operational level of at least one subsystem of the computer to achieve the selected acoustic level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing acoustic management in a computer comprising:
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means for receiving from a user instructions regarding a selected acoustic level; and
means for adjusting an operational level of at least one subsystem of the computer to achieve the selected acoustic level. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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17. A computer including an acoustic management system, the computer comprising:
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a processor for executing instructions;
at least one subsystem having more than one operational levels;
means for receiving from a user instructions regarding a selected acoustic level; and
means for adjusting an operational level of the at least one of the subsystem to achieve the selected acoustic level.
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25. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer program processable by a computer system for causing the computer system to;
receive from a user instructions regarding a selected acoustic level via an interface;
adjust an operational level of at least one subsystem of the computer to achieve the selected acoustic level; and
apparatus from which the computer program is accessible by the computer system.
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