Patent ID: 9342951
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a gaming system to stream gaming content from a data source on an online wagering game community server external to a wagering game establishment to a wagering game machine within the wagering game establishment, the method comprising: establishing, via a network communication interface of the gaming system, a network connection that provides a networking connection between a first gaming account associated with the wagering game machine within the wagering game establishment and a second gaming account associated with the online wagering game community server, wherein the first gaming account and the second gaming account are linked as social contacts; detecting, via the network communication interface, a request by the first gaming account for the gaming content to play a wagering game associated with the wagering game machine, wherein the gaming content is from the second gaming account, and wherein the request originates from the wagering game machine; electronically evaluating, via a data import/export controller of the gaming system, the request for the gaming content against import rules that regulate gaming data imported into the wagering game establishment; determining that the request is valid for play of the wagering game based, at least in part, on said evaluating the request for the gaming content against the import rules; initiating a transfer of the validated request via a data liaison device external to the wagering game establishment, wherein the data liaison device is configured to establish a data stream between the data source and the data liaison device based, at least in part, on the validated request and based on a first security protocol for the transfer of the gaming content between the data source and the data liaison device, wherein the first security protocol is used for third parties that are not authorized to directly access the wagering game machine; generating, via the data import/export controller, from the data stream, an import rules compliant data stream based at least in part on the import rules on a second security protocol for the transfer of the gaming content between the data liaison device and the gaming system; and supplying the import rules compliant data stream to the wagering game machine.