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Some embodiments of the invention may operate to measure a first output performance metric value associated with a current operation frequency of a processor, to set a trial operation frequency of the processor, and to measure a second output performance metric value associated with the trial operation frequency. If the measured performance variation is less than a specified acceptable performance variation, the trial operation frequency may be selected as a subsequent determined operation frequency.

Some embodiments of the invention may operate to measure a first output performance metric value associated with a current operation frequency of a processor, to set a trial operation frequency of the processor, and to measure a second output performance metric value associated with the trial operation frequency. If the measured performance variation is less than a specified acceptable performance variation, the trial operation frequency may be selected as a subsequent determined operation frequency.

An automatic hold switch is disclosed. The automatic hold switch provides a means for automatically switching a hold feature on and off. When the hold feature is on, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are disabled or prevented from providing input signals. When the hold feature is off, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are enabled or allowed to provide input signals. Because the user no longer has to manually control the hold feature, the number of actions that need to be taken by the user is reduced. In one example, the automatic hold switch is embodied with light sensors that detect when the device is in a dark environment and when the device is in a light environment. A dark environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes not to input and therefore the hold feature is turned on. A lighted environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes to input and therefore the hold feature is turned off.

This invention relates to bulk testing of voice messaging applications by playing back an interaction from a recorded script. During development of a voice response system and application it is necessary to simulate a plurality of calls to the system so that the performance under strain can be monitored. Such a simulation can be performed by a bulk call generator which makes real telephone calls to the IVR through a private branch switch. However with bulk call testing some problems occur which rigorous functional and / or performance testing does not find. This is because real callers behave in unpredictable ways which were not expected or assumed by the creators of the functional and / or performance tests. Accordingly there is provided a test system, method and computer program product for testing a voice application in an interactive voice response (IVR) system, said method comprising: acquiring user interactions from a first voice response application dialogue between the IVR system and a user; mapping user interactions from the first voice response application dialogue into machine readable user interaction data such as a script; reproducing user interactions based on the machine readable user interaction data; and sending the simulated user interactions to a second voice response application under test. This solution addresses the problem by providing actual customer data for recreating customer reported problems in the laboratory instead of relying on a programmed bulk call generator.