Patent ID: 8245027

Claim:
At a computing system, that includes a processor, a method for controlling audio devices in the computing system, comprising: the computing system detecting a telephone call that is received at a first audio device from among a plurality of audio devices in communication with the computing system; receiving an event indicating a change in a state of the first audio device at the computing system, the event comprising a user answering the telephone call subsequent to the receipt of the telephone call being received at the first audio device; communicating the event to a configurable audio controller; the configurable audio controller determining a change in a setting of an audio stream that is presently being delivered to at least one audio device from among the plurality of audio devices in response to detecting that the user has answered the telephone call; and the configurable audio controller changing the setting of the audio stream that is presently being delivered to the at least one audio device as a result of the determination and prior to connecting the telephone call, changing the setting resulting in a change of at least one audio attribute of the audio stream as it is delivered to the at least one audio device.