Patent ID: 8262478

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a gaming device comprising: one or more gaming processors; a game audio playback device; at least one memory device storing game code that, when executed by the one or more gaming processors, cause the gaming device to: initiate programmed game sounds; mix the game sounds into first audio data; and output the first audio data; and a chair communicably coupled to the gaming device and to at least one peripheral device that produces audio data independently of the gaming device, the chair including a chair audio playback device comprising one or more chair processors, a primary audio interface, and a separate network interface, the chair audio playback device configured to receive, via the primary audio interface, the first audio data routed directly to the chair audio playback device from the game audio playback device; receive, via the separate network interface, second audio data routed directly to the chair audio playback device from the at least one peripheral device; mix the first and second audio data into output audio data, wherein the output audio data is different from at least the second audio data; and transmit the output audio data to an audio output device.