Patent ID: 8781613

Claim:
An audio apparatus for a portable device, wherein the portable device includes computing hardware coupled to associated data memory, wherein the audio apparatus is configured to execute upon the computing hardware an audio product stored in the data memory to generate digital audio data for sound-generating hardware, the sound-generating hardware being configured to generate acoustic audio signals corresponding to the digital audio data, and wherein the audio product includes a plurality of audio libraries that the audio product is configured to use to respond to one or more function calls to generate the digital audio data, wherein: the audio apparatus is configured to host one or more replacement audio products, which are storable in the data memory, and are invoked in operation as an alternative to one or more of the plurality of audio libraries for generating the digital audio data when the audio product is not operable to capture the digital audio data; and wherein the audio apparatus is configured to: automatically transmit the digital audio data to the one or more replacement audio products and/or override a function call to the audio product and direct the function call to the one or more replacement audio products to capture the digital audio data; and generate the acoustic audio signals in the sound-generating hardware.