Patent ID: 9286751
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F,G07F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for configuring two or more gaming machines, the method comprising: providing a configuration server connected to a physical network that provides a download assignment to the plurality of gaming machines, wherein the configuration server includes a server processor; providing a plurality of gaming machines, each gaming machine including a processor and being configurable for one or more selectable configuration options, each gaming machine further including: (i) at least one display device; (ii) a plurality of input devices including: (a) an acceptor of a first physical item associated with a first monetary value, (b) a cashout button actuatable to cause an initiation of a payout associated with a credit balance; and (iii) at least one gaming machine memory device storing a plurality of game instructions; establishing a first group of gaming machines from the plurality of gaming machines, wherein each gaming machine within the first group shares a common characteristic; associating one or more gaming machines having the common characteristic into the first group of gaming machines; scheduling a download assignment for the first group of gaming machines from the configuration server; determining that the download assignment is incompatible to the first group of gaming machines; scheduling one or more downloads from the configuration server supplemental to the incompatible download assignment to resolve the incompatibility, enabling the scheduled incompatible download assignment to be executable on the first group of gaming machines; prompting a user to schedule a configuration assignment or automatically scheduling a configuration assignment after determining that a configuration assignment is not scheduled after the scheduled download assignment; and downloading the download assignment to the first group of gaming machines from the configuration server.