Patent ID: 7609840

Claim:
A system comprising: a computing device; a memory device comprising a database internal to said memory device wherein the memory device is coupled to the computing device, wherein the database comprises input data, wherein the input data comprises a user profile, wherein said user profile comprises user specified data; a plurality of audio sources, wherein the user specified data comprises a hierarchical ranking of said audio sources and threshold data applied to said audio sources, wherein said threshold data comprises a group of audio signal level safety thresholds for audio levels for audio signals from said audio sources, wherein said threshold data comprises a combination audio signal level safety threshold for combined audio levels for at least two audio signals from said audio sources, wherein the computing device is configured to control directly, an audio level for an audio signal from each audio source of said audio sources in response to said input data in order to resolve audio conflicts between said audio sources, wherein the computing device is configured to change a first audible audio level for a first audio signal from a first audio source of said audio sources to a second audible audio level in response to said input data in order to resolve said audio conflicts, and wherein said first audible audio level comprises a different audible audio level from said second audible audio level; a plurality of links connecting said plurality of audio sources to said computing device, wherein each link of said plurality of links comprises a control circuit configured to perform a control function with respect to an associated audio source of said plurality of audio sources; a solenoid; a door; and a circuit/system coupled to the computing device, wherein the circuit/system is external to the computing device, wherein said circuit/system is configured to sense a second audio signal from a second audio source of said audio sources, wherein said circuit/system is configured to activate said solenoid, wherein said solenoid is configured to close said door thereby placing said door between said second audio source and a third audio source of said audio sources to control an audio conflict between said second audio signal and a third audio signal from the third audio source in response to said circuit/system.