Patent ID: 6853868

Claim:
A platform-independent audio computer service capable of servicing platform dependent audio events on a first and a second platform, the platform-independent audio computer service comprising: an audio component capable of receiving as input an audio event, the audio event representing an event which requires an audio response, the audio component running on a first platform serviced by the platform independent audio computer service; and a software object representing a set of entries, wherein at least one entry of the set of entries is associated with the audio event and a first theme representing an audio cue that maps to the audio event, the first theme including a first set of platform dependent audio fields, each platform dependent audio field associated with at least one platform dependent audio event of the first platform, wherein the first theme is arranged to permit the emulation of the audio event of the first platform in response to the audio event; and an audio system manager capable of directly or indirectly accessing the software object and audio component, thereby allowing the platform dependent audio event to be emulated using the software object.