Patent ID: 8879751

Claim:
A headset system operable to receive a plurality of audio signals from a device, the headset system comprising: a programmable signal processor operable to modify an audio signal in the plurality of audio signals; a memory operable to store a plurality of user-selectable signal-processing parameter settings that determine the manner in which the signal processor is operable to modify the audio signal in the plurality of audio signals, the parameter settings collectively forming a preset, the memory being operable to store a plurality of presets; and an input operable to receive a control signal for selecting and activating a preset from the plurality of presets stored in memory such that the sound characteristics of the audio signal in the plurality of audio signals are modified in accordance with the parameter settings in the selected preset, wherein the control signal is based on activity in the device, wherein the activity in the device is other than a selection of the audio signal in the plurality of audio signals, wherein the control signal comprises one or more tones.