Systems and methods for interfacing with codecs across an architecture optimized for audio

A computer-readable memory comprising computer-program instructions execuatable by a processor, the computer-program instructions comprising:

• an application programming interface (API), the API being directed to facilitating communications between a device driver and one or more codecs, the one or more codecs being coupled to a controller in an environment that is substantially optimized for audio;
• and
• wherein the API comprises one or more respective interfaces for:
• registering for event(s)
• transferring data to or from the codec(s);
• obtaining information about the codec(s);
• or
• managing bus or codec resource(s).

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising computer-program instructions executable by the processor for:
• accessing, by a device driver, an application programming interface (API), the API facilitating communications between the device driver and one or more codecs via a controller coupled to the codec(s), the one or more codecs and the controller being implemented in an environment that is substantially optimized for audio;
• communicating, by a device driver, with the one or more codecs via respective ones of the APIs;
• and
• wherein the communicating comprises:
• registering for event(s)
• transferring data to or from the codec(s);
• obtaining information about the codec(s);
• or
• managing bus or codec resource(s).

A computing device comprising:

• accessing means to access, by a device driver, an application programming interface (API), the API facilitating communications between the device driver and one or more codecs via a controller operatively coupled to the codec(s), the codec(s) and the controller being implemented in an environment that is substantially optimized for audio;
• communicating means to communicate, by a device driver, with the one or more codecs via respective ones of the APIs;
• and
• wherein the communicating meanse comprise:
• registering means to register for event(s)
• transferring data means to transfer data to or from the codec(s);
• obtaining means to obtain information about the codec(s);
• or
• managing means to manage bus or codec resource(s).