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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1998
Tommyca Freadman, Goshen, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides an automatic preconditioning connection device and method for automatically optimizing and coupling a selected external peripheral device to a computer. The automatic preconditioning connection device is coupled, either directly or in daisy-chain fashion, to a plurality of external peripheral devices and also is coupled to the computer. The automatic preconditioning device includes a plurality of automatic peripheral preconditioning buttons that launch, optimize and control at least one external peripheral device selected from a plurality of external peripheral devices by automatically configuring a programmable digital signal processor or processor using predetermined software or predetermined parameters that are downloaded from the computer upon activation of the selected launch button and activating a graphic user interface of the computer. The device and method may include, upon activation of a selected launch button and automatic downloading of predetermined software or parameters, the optimized use of a microphone for voice recognition operation or voice control of the selected peripheral.