Patent Document ID: 8719039
Application ID: 14097331

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a hotword followed by a voice command; determining that the voice command satisfies one or more predetermined criteria associated with designating the voice command as a hotword, wherein a voice command that is designated as a hotword is treated as a voice input regardless of whether the voice command is preceded by another hotword; and in response to determining that the voice command satisfies one or more predetermined criteria associated with designating the voice command as a hotword, designating by using one or more computer devices, the voice command as a hotword.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more predetermined criteria comprises one or more of: a quantity of issuances of the voice command satisfying a quantity threshold; recency of issuances of the voice command satisfies a recency threshold; a quality of acoustic features associated with the voice command satisfying a quality threshold; a score reflecting phonetic suitability of the voice command as a hotword satisfying a phonetic suitability threshold; or an amount of acoustic features stored for the voice command at a server or a client device satisfying an amount threshold.