Bluetooth Enabled Computing System and Associated Methods

A method for implementing bluetooth communication within a computing system, comprising:

• establishing within the computing system a communication channel with one or more peripheral control devices;
• transmitting a datastream between the computing system and the one or more peripheral control devices by way of the communication channel;
• establishing a bluetooth connection between a bluetooth client chip in an external device outside the computing system and a bluetooth host chip within the computing system;
• and
• linking the bluetooth connection to the communication channel to enable monitoring of the datastream by the external device.

A computing system for executing gaming applications, comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor defined to operate in conjunction with the memory to execute a gaming application;
• one or more controller devices connected to communicate with the processor by way of one or more respective datastreams, wherein the processor is defined to associate the one or more datastreams with one or more communication channels;
• and
• a bluetooth host chip defined to enable bluetooth communication with a bluetooth client chip in an external device outside the computing system, wherein the processor is further defined to enable connection of the bluetooth client chip by way of the bluetooth host chip to one or more selected communication channels such that the one or more datastreams associated with the selected communication channels can be monitored by the external device.