Patent ID: 7473178

Claim:
A method for controlling content on a plurality of gaming machines coupled over a network, the method comprising the steps of: operating a global content manager program on a computer coupled over the network to the gaming machines; enabling simultaneous selection of more than one of the networked gaming machines, selecting within the global content manager program a group of the gaming machines from a list of such machines wherein the group of gaming machines is selected based on at least one of coin-in amount, game display type, ambient environmental condition and time of day, and presenting to an operator of the program operating criteria associated with the group of gaming machines wherein the operating criteria includes sound volume level of an audio output of a gaming machine, and brightness level, contrast level and language type of a display of a gaming machine; modifying for the group of gaming machines the operating criteria to create a set of content manager criteria for the group of gaming machines; transmitting a file over the network to the the group of gaming machines, said file associated with the set of content manager criteria; and operating the group of gaming machines according to the file.