Patent ID: 8858343
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A gaming chair for being positioned at a gaming machine and communicatively coupled in a network including at least one server remote from the gaming machine, said gaming chair comprising: a backrest portion having a first end and a second end; a seat portion located at the first end of the backrest portion; a network interface configured to communicatively couple to the network; a game control system, said game control system coupled to said network interface and comprising a human interface for allowing a human operator to provide inputs to the at least one server via said network interface; a media device interface configured to receive a player controlled media device; a proximity sensor; a plurality of speakers, wherein the plurality of speakers includes a left channel speaker, a right channel speaker, a center channel speaker, and a subwoofer, wherein the subwoofer is positioned within an enclosure in the seat portion, wherein the left channel speaker, the right channel speaker, and the center channel speaker are positioned at the second end of the backrest portion; a display device coupled to the backrest portion; and a processing unit coupled to said network interface, the game control system, the media device interface, the proximity sensor, the plurality of speakers, and the display device, said processing unit configured to;