Patent ID: 8876598

Claim:
A video-processing device configured to display video content from a source that is external to a gaming machine on a display device of the gaming machine, the video-processing device being interposed between a gaming module and a display device of the gaming machine and being neither controlled nor configured by the gaming module, the video-processing device comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the video-processing device to: receive first video content that is transmitted from the gaming module to the display device of the gaming machine; display, via the display device of the gaming machine, the first video content as a single, full-screen image; receive second video content from the external source; combine the first and second video content into third video content, the third video content comprising the first and second video content configured as respective, separate first and second tiles of a single, tiled image; display, via the display device of the gaming machine, the third video content; receive, via a touch screen input region of the display device while displaying the third video content, player input data indicative of an input from a player, and snoop the player input data to determine if the player input data is intended for the external source or the gaming module; and in response to the player input data being intended for the external source, convey the player input data to the external source.