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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1999
Frank Fado, Highland Beach, FL (US);
Peter Guasti, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Amado Nassiff, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Harvey Ruback, Loxahatchee, FL (US);
Ronald Van Buskirk, Indiantown, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for guiding a user through trouble shooting a wrong audio source among a plurality of audio sources, comprises the steps of: (a) generating a GUI display screen including a first area for displaying information about testing an audio input device, a second area for displaying instructions and status information and for providing dynamic feedback and a third area for user selections and controls; (b) displaying a list of available audio sources in said third area; (c) prompting said user to select an audio source from said list; (d) prompting said user to test said selected audio source; (e) in the event said test is unsuccessful, prompting said user to select any other audio source identified in said third area; (f) prompting said user to test said any other audio source in said list; and, (g) repeating steps (e) and (f) until one of said audio sources is tested successfully or each of said audio sources is tested unsuccessfully.