Hybrid performance scaling or speech recognition

A client device platform configured to operate on a network, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• one or more instructions embodied in memory for execution by the processor, the instructions being configured to implement a method, the method comprising:
• recording one or more non-tactile inputs to a device with one or more sensors, wherein the one or more inputs are recorded to a first memory, wherein the device is operating in a low-power state in which power is provided to a first processor and the first memory;
• generating one or more first confidence scores, wherein each of the one or more first confidence scores is a measure of a degree of similarity between a corresponding recorded non-tactile input and a reference input stored in the first memory;
• initiating an intermediate-power state of the device when the first confidence score is above a first threshold level, wherein the intermediate-power state comprises providing power to at least a second processor, wherein the second processor has a greater amount of available processing capability than the first processor;
• generating one or more second confidence scores with the second processor, wherein each of the one or more second confidence scores is a measure of a degree of similarity between each recorded non-tactile input and a reference input;
• generating a command signal that instructs the client device to execute one or more operations that are associated with the reference input when the second confidence score is above a second threshold.

A nontransitory computer readable medium containing program instructions, wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors of a computer system causes the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• recording one or more non-tactile inputs to a device with one or more sensors, wherein the one or more inputs are recorded to a first memory, wherein the device is operating in a low-power state in which power is provided to a first processor and the first memory;
• generating one or more first confidence scores, wherein each of the one or more first confidence scores is a measure of a degree of similarity between a corresponding recorded non-tactile input and a reference input stored in the first memory;
• initiating an intermediate-power state of the device when the first confidence score is above a first threshold level, wherein the intermediate-power state comprises providing power to at least a second processor, wherein the second processor has a greater amount of available processing capability than the first processor;
• generating one or more second confidence scores with the second processor, wherein each of the one or more second confidence scores is a measure of a degree of similarity between each recorded non-tactile input and a reference input;
• generating a command signal that instructs the client device to execute one or more operations that are associated with the reference input when the second confidence score is above a second threshold.