System and method for cross platform persistent gaming sessions using a mobile device

A system for enabling a cross platform gaming session for presentation of a game, the system comprising:

• a gaming machine having a gaming machine display;
• and
• a computing device having one or more displays, wherein the computing device is distinct from the gaming machine and is operable to associate with the gaming machine, to receive reformatted graphical data from the gaming machine, and to present the game on the one or more displays of the computing device using the reformatted graphical data, and wherein the gaming machine is operable to associate with the computing device, to receive user input data from the computing device, and to control the game while the game is being presented on the computing device;
• and
• a stream redirector module that streams a gaming session to the gaming machine, the stream redirector receiving two or more video streams of graphical data at the stream redirector module;
• wherein when the player touches a point on a display on the computing device, the coordinates of the touch point are remapped by the stream redirector module back to original screen parameters of the gaming machine display, and passed back as touchscreen input.

A system for enabling a cross platform gaming session, the system comprising:

• one or more memories in communication with one or more hardware processors of one or more computing devices, wherein the one or more memories have instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations, comprising:
• associating a first computing device with a second computing device, wherein the second computing device has one or more displays, and wherein the first computing device is a gaming machine distinct from the second computing device, the gaming machine having a gaming machine display;
• transmitting, by the first computing device, reformatted graphical data to the second computing device;
• presenting the reformatted graphical data on the one or more displays of the second computing device using the reformatted graphical data thereby resulting in display of a game;
• receiving two or more video streams of graphical data at a stream redirector module;
• modifying the two or more video streams of graphical data to suit the second computing device using the stream redirector module;
• assembling two or more video streams of graphical data into a single video stream of graphical data;
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• sending the single video stream of graphical data to the second computing device.