Patent ID: 8300848

Claim:
A method of adjusting a volume level for an audio signal for a communication device to comply with a quality threshold, said method comprising: monitoring for an increase in said volume level; upon determining that implementing said increase in said volume level would produce an output that would exceed said quality threshold processing a digitized signal value of said audio signal to produce a first output signal value for said audio signal utilizing a digital signal processing (DSP) device in said communication device, a processing filter defined in said digital signal processing device, a first set of adjustment parameters and said digitized signal value; and upon determining that implementing said increase in said volume level would not exceed said quality threshold processing said digitized signal value to produce a second output signal value for said audio signal utilizing said DSP, said processing filter, a second set of adjustment parameters and said digitized signal value, wherein said first output signal and said second output signal both implement said increase in said volume level.