Patent ID: 8454087

Claim:
A system comprising: a chair having an electrical connector and a first audio output mechanism for generating an audio output in response to a first electrical signal transmitted by a USB streaming audio circuit board and received through the electrical connector; a gaming machine having a floating electrical connector removably coupleable to the chair electrical connector and a second audio output mechanism for generating an audio output in response to a second electrical signal transmitted by the USB streaming audio circuit board, the USB streaming audio circuit board disposed within the gaming machine and operably coupled to a gaming CPU, the gaming CPU configured to determine if the chair is properly electrically coupled to the gaming machine; wherein if the gaining CPU detects that the chair is not properly electrically coupled to the gaming machine, the gaming CPU performs one or more adjustments to the gaming machine including mixing the audio output of the gaming machine through the second audio output mechanism in a manner to compensate for the missing chair audio output through the first audio output mechanism.