System and method for using resources of a computer system in conjunction with a thin media client

[0009]FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a computer system 100 configured to communicate with a plurality of thin media clients 110, 120 and 130. As shown in an expanded view 100a, computer system 100 includes a processor 102, a chipset 104, a plurality of devices 106a, 106b, and 106c, a memory 108, and a network device 110. Audio client 110 includes a processor 112, a memory 114, a network device 116, and at least one device 118. Video client 120 includes a processor 122, a memory 124, a network device 126, and at least one device 128. Image client 130 includes a processor 132, a memory 134, a network device 136, and at least one device 138.

[0010]Computer system 100 is configured to communicate with other computing or storage devices using network device 110 and communications network 150. Network device 110 may be any suitable device such as a modem or NIC that allows computer system 100 to communicate using communications network 150. Communications network 150 may be