Method and system for remote telephone calibration
First Claim
1. A method for calibrating telephone equipment to a telephone communication channel, comprising the steps of:
- (A)initializing the telephone equipment for receipt of program command, said telephone equipment having the capability of receiving audio signal;
(B)adjusting the quality of the received audio signal; and
(C)storing said received audio signal adjustment.
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Abstract
A method and system for remotely calibrating a headset telephone with a reliable, accurate and easy to use user interface is provided. This method makes use of the remote programmability of advanced telephone headsets and DTMF signal encoding and permits the customer-user to instigate the calibration procedure with an ordinary telephone call. The invention provides a way for the optimum settings to be transmitted, loaded and stored to the headset, thereby improving the audio quality of telephone headsets by providing adjustment steps for such audio qualities as microphone gain, speaker gain, background noise and echo cancellation, filter functions and diagnostics.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for calibrating telephone equipment to a telephone communication channel, comprising the steps of:
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(A)initializing the telephone equipment for receipt of program command, said telephone equipment having the capability of receiving audio signal;
(B)adjusting the quality of the received audio signal; and
(C)storing said received audio signal adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for calibration of telephone equipment to a telephone communication channel, comprising the steps of:
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(A)initializing the telephone equipment for receipt of program commands, said telephone equipment having the capability of receiving an electrical signal and transmitting an audio signal;
(B)adjusting the quality of said transmitted audio signal; and
(C)storing said transmitted audio signal adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for calibrating telephone equipment to a telephone base unit and to the noise environment in which they exist, the invented method comprising the steps of:
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(A)receiving a calibration request;
(B)initializing the telephone equipment, said telephone equipment being configured for use by a user in telephone communications and said telephone equipment having audio transmission level circuitry, noise reduction circuitry and a capacity for storing and modifying audio parameters;
(C)taking control of the telephone equipment;
(D)providing an adjustment for the telephone equipment transmission level;
(E)storing said adjustment for the telephone equipment transmission level;
(F)providing an adjustment to compensate for the environment noise level;
(G)storing said environment noise level compensation adjustment;
(H)providing an adjustment for the tuning of the telephone equipment audio parameters;
(I)storing said telephone equipment audio parameter adjustments; and
(J)returning control of the telephone equipment to the user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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18. A method for calibrating telephone equipment to a telephone base unit and to the noise environment in which they exist, the invented method comprising the steps of:
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(A)transmitting a calibration command;
(B)initializing the telephone equipment, said telephone equipment being configured for use by a user in telephone communications and said telephone equipment having audio transmission level circuitry, noise reduction circuitry and a capacity for storing and modifying audio parameters;
(C)taking control of the telephone equipment;
(D)providing an adjustment for the telephone equipment transmission level;
(E)storing said adjustment for the telephone equipment transmission level;
(F)providing an adjustment to compensate for the environment noise level;
(G)storing said environment noise level compensation adjustment;
(H)providing an adjustment for the tuning of the telephone equipment audio parameters;
(I)storing said telephone equipment audio parameter adjustments; and
(J)returning control of the telephone equipment to the user.
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27. A method for calibrating telephone equipment to a telephone base unit and to the noise environment in which they exist, the invented method comprising the steps of:
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(A)receiving an electrical signal, said electrical signal indicating a request for calibration of remote telephone equipment, said remote telephone equipment having circuitry for the remote calibration of the audio quality of said telephone equipment;
(B)exerting program mode control over the telephone equipment;
(C)providing adjustment for said remote telephone equipment calibration circuitry;
(D)storing said adjustment of said remote telephone equipment calibration circuitry; and
(E)exiting program control over the telephone equipment.
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28. A method for calibrating telephone equipment to a telephone base unit and to the noise environment in which they exist, the invented method comprising the steps of:
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(A)transmitting an electrical signal, said electrical signal indicating a command for calibration of remote telephone equipment, said remote telephone equipment having circuitry for the remote calibration of the audio quality of said telephone equipment;
(B)exerting program mode control over the telephone equipment;
(C)providing adjustment for said remote telephone equipment calibration circuitry;
(D)storing said adjustment of said remote telephone equipment calibration circuitry; and
(E)exiting program control over the telephone equipment.
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29. A process for calibrating telephone equipment to a telephone base unit and to the noise environment in which they exist, the invented process comprising:
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(A)a process for permitting user control;
(B)a process for providing remote program control;
(C)a process for ensuring program control is only available if authorized;
(D)a process for programming the telephone equipment, said programming to adjust audio characteristics of the telephone equipment; and
(E)a process for storing said adjustments for further use.
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30. A system for calibrating telephone equipment, comprising:
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(A)a communication channel;
(B)a telephone receiver;
(C)a telephone transmitter; and
(D)a control console. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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