Server-side rendered audio using client audio parameters

1. A server system comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

execute a server-side rendered application program for a client computing device;

receive a set of client audio parameters from the client computing device, wherein the set of client audio parameters indicates at least a type of audio rendering software for rendering a stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program;

select a third-party audio server from among a plurality of third-party audio servers based on the type of audio rendering software indicated by the set of client audio parameters;

send one or more client audio parameters of the set to the selected third-party audio server;

receive a set of audio tuning parameters from the selected third-party audio server based on the one or more client audio parameters sent to the selected third-party audio server;

render a stream of visual data for the server-side rendered application program based on a stream of user input received from the client computing device;

render the stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program based on the set of audio tuning parameters; and

send the stream of visual data and the stream of audio to the client computing device.

2. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the server system further comprises a server-side dedicated audio processor configured to render the stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program based on the set of audio tuning parameters.

3. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the rendered stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program is rendered as stereo audio.

4. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the set of client audio parameters includes a hardware identifier for the client computing device.

5. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the set of client audio parameters includes a hardware identifier for a sound output device communicatively coupled to the client computing device.

6. The server system of claim 5 , wherein the sound output device is selected from the group consisting of a headphone device, an earbud device, a speaker device, and a home theater sound system.

7. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the set of client audio parameters includes a characteristic of the sound output device selected from the group consisting of a geometry, a frequency response, a sensitivity, and an impedance.

8. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the set of client audio parameters includes a user audio setting selected by a user of the client computing device.

9. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the set of client audio parameters includes an indication of whether a sound output device is currently communicatively coupled to the client computing device.

10. The server system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to communicate with a client application executed by the client computing device, the client application being configured to cause the client computing device to:

detect a sound output device communicatively coupled to the client computing device;

determine the set of client audio parameters for a user of the client computing device;

send the set of client audio parameters to the server system;

send the stream of user input for the server-side rendered application program to the server system;

receive the stream of visual data and the stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program from the server system;

present the stream of visual data via a display of the client computing device; and

playout the stream of audio via the sound output device.

11. A method comprising:

at a processor of a server system:

executing a server-side rendered application program for a client computing device;

receiving a set of client audio parameters from the client computing device, wherein the set of client audio parameters indicates at least a type of audio rendering software for rendering a stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program;

selecting a third-party audio server from among a plurality of third-party audio servers based on the type of audio rendering software indicated by the set of client audio parameters;

sending one or more client audio parameters of the set to the selected third-party audio server;

receiving a set of audio tuning parameters from the selected third-party audio server based on the one or more client audio parameters sent to the selected third-party audio server;

rendering a stream of visual data for the server-side rendered application program based on a stream of user input received from the client computing device;

rendering the stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program based on the set of audio tuning parameters; and

sending the stream of visual data and the stream of audio to the client computing device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein rendering the stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program based on the set of audio tuning parameters is performed by a server-side dedicated audio processor of the server system.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

at a processor of the client computing device:

detecting a sound output device communicatively coupled to the client computing device;

determining the set of client audio parameters for a user of the client computing device;

sending the set of client audio parameters to the server system;

sending the stream of user input for the server-side rendered application program to the server system;

receiving the stream of visual data and the stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program from the server system;

presenting the stream of visual data via a display of the client computing device; and

playing out the stream of audio via the sound output device.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the set of client audio parameters includes a hardware identifier for a sound output device communicatively coupled to the client computing device.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the sound output device is selected from the group consisting of a headphone device, an earbud device, a speaker device, and a home theater sound system.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the set of client audio parameters includes a characteristic of the sound output device selected from the group consisting of a geometry, a frequency response, a sensitivity, and an impedance.

17. A server system comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

execute a server-side rendered application program for a client computing device;

receive a set of client audio parameters from the client computing device, wherein the set of client audio parameters indicates at least a type of audio rendering software for rendering a stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program;

select a third-party audio server from among a plurality of third-party audio servers based on the type of audio rendering software indicated by the set of client audio parameters;

send one or more client audio parameters of the set to the selected third- party audio server;

receive a set of audio tuning parameters from the selected third-party audio server based on the one or more client audio parameters sent to the selected third-party audio server;

render the stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program based on the set of audio tuning parameters; and

send the stream of audio to the client computing device.

18. The server system of claim 17 , wherein the server system further comprises a server-side dedicated audio processor configured to render the stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program based on the set of audio tuning parameters.

19. The server system of claim 17 , wherein the set of client audio parameters includes a hardware identifier for the client computing device.

20. The server system of claim 17 , wherein the set of client audio parameters includes a hardware identifier for a sound output device communicatively coupled to the client computing device.