Embedded hosts and gaming systems containing the same

A system comprising:

• a host device comprising a game console;
• a first client device in data communication with the host device through a first data communication channel, the first client device comprising a peripheral device and including an embedded host wireless communication device within an enclosure of the first client device;
• and
• a plurality of second client devices in data communication with the embedded host wireless communication device of the first client device through a second data communication channel,
• wherein the host device comprises one or more processors in data communication with one or more memory and configured to perform operations comprising:
• providing, by the host device and to the first client device through the first data communication channel, transmission data, wherein the transmission data comprises (1) a first transmission data to cause operation of the first client device and (2) a second transmission data to cause the embedded host wireless communication device perform operations comprising:
• generating, by the embedded host wireless communication device and responsive to receiving the second transmission data, third transmission data between the embedded host wireless communication device and the plurality of second client devices in data communication with the embedded host wireless communication device;
• and
• providing, by the embedded host wireless communication device and through the second data communication channel, the third transmission data to cause the operation of at least one of the plurality of second client devices, wherein a distance of transmission between the embedded host wireless communication device of the first client device and the at least one of the plurality of second client devices is less than a distance of transmission between the host device and the at least one of the plurality of second client devices, and wherein a degree of physical obstruction is less between the first client device and the at least one of the plurality of second client devices than between the host device and the at least one of the plurality of second client devices.

An embedded host wireless communication device comprising:

• one or more antenna in data communication with an antenna switch:
• a radio configured to operate the antenna switch to transmit and receive data through a wireless data communication channel using the one or more antenna;
• and
• one or more processors in data communication with one or more memory and in data communication with the radio, the one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a host device comprising a game console and to a first client device in data communication with the host device through a wired data communication channel, first transmission data, the first client device comprising a peripheral device and including the embedded host wireless communication device within an enclosure of the first client device, wherein the transmission data comprises (1) a first transmission data to cause operation of the first client device and (2) a second transmission data to cause the embedded host wireless communication device to perform operations comprising:
• generating, by the one or more processors of the embedded host wireless communication device and responsive to receiving the second transmission data, third transmission data between the embedded host wireless communication device and a plurality of client devices in data communication with the embedded host wireless communication device;
• and
• providing, by the one or more processors of the embedded host wireless communication device and through the wireless data communication channel, the third transmission data to cause the operation of at least a second client device of the plurality of client devices, wherein a distance of transmission between the embedded host wireless communication device of the first client device and the at least one of the plurality of second client devices is less than a distance of transmission between the host device and the at least one of the plurality of second client devices, and wherein a degree of physical obstruction is less between the first client device and the at least one of the plurality of second client devices than between the host device and the at least one of the plurality of second client devices.