Patent ID: 8690680

Claim:
A method for validating assignments for one or more electronic gaming machines by a network terminal, the method comprising: preparing a download assignment for an electronic gaming machine; obtaining current configuration information from the electronic gaming machine; determining whether a scheduling conflict exists between the download assignment and a second assignment; ascertaining whether a configuration download is scheduled after the download assignment; confirming application of the download assignment on the electronic gaming machine when executed; informing a user of potential errors when the download assignment is incompatible on the electronic gaming machine; and scheduling, via a processor, a supplemental download assignment separate and distinct from the download assignment to resolve the incompatibility, enabling the download assignment to be executable on the electronic gaming machine; wherein the network terminal prompts a user to schedule a configuration assignment or automatically schedules a configuration assignment after a scheduled download assignment in response to the network terminal determining that a configuration assignment is not scheduled after the scheduled download assignment.