Patent ID: 8218756

Claim:
A method for controlling equalization in a telephony terminal, comprising: receiving input from a user; setting one or more user-configurable equalization parameters responsive to receiving the user input; shaping an audio signal received by the telephony terminal from a remote telephony terminal based on the one or more user-configurable equalization parameters; storing the one or more user-configurable equalization parameters in association with a unique user identifier; and accessing, by equalizer control logic included in the telephony terminal, the one or more user-configurable equalization parameters and the associated unique user identifier during call setup to determine if a party to whom a call is being placed from the telephony terminal has an identifier that matches the unique user identifier; wherein shaping the audio signal based on the one or more user-configurable equalization parameters comprises shaping the audio signal based on the one or more user-configurable equalization parameters responsive to determining that the party to whom the call is being placed from the telephony terminal has an identifier that matches the unique identifier.