Patent Document ID: 9652017
Application ID: 14573402

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a coder/decoder (CODEC) including a first processor and a first buffer, wherein the first processor is configured to analyze audio data samples to detect a keyword and the CODEC is configured to store a set of audio data samples at the first buffer; and an application processor configured to receive the set of audio data samples from the CODEC via a bus, wherein the application processor is configured to initialize a speech recognition engine (SRE) based on the set of audio data samples, and wherein the application processor is further configured to initialize the bus based on an indication from the CODEC that the keyword is detected.

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Claim 7:
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first buffer has a first capacity that is greater than or equal to a first portion of audio data, the first portion of audio data corresponding to the audio data samples received between a first time of detection of the keyword and a second time of receipt of an indication that the bus has been initialized.