Patent ID: 7149814

Claim:
A method for providing sound between a remote computer system and an interfacing computer system, comprising: audibly interfacing with a computer management module disposed on the remote computer system from the interfacing computer system via a network comprising: detecting audio settings of the remote computer system; transmitting the audio settings to the interfacing computer system via a network; configuring audio circuitry of the interfacing computer system based on the audio settings to provide an audio interface between the interfacing computer system and the computer management module; capturing audio data responsive to software or hardware events occurring on the remote computer system; transmitting the audio data from the remote computer system to the interfacing computer system; processing the audio data via the audio circuitry based on the audio settings of the remote computer system to produce substantially identically sounds originating at the remote computer system; and converting the audio data to an analog signal at the interfacing computer system: graphically interfacing with the computer management module disposed on the remote computer system from the interfacing computer system via the network to enable user management via the computer management module in response to the software or hardware events.