Patent ID: 8491391

Claim:
A method for managing network connected gaming machines comprising: providing a software media player application configured to store, manage, transfer and play audio-video media content stored in a media library and to transfer audio-video media content to personal audio-visual media player devices; providing a plug-in for the media player application, the plug-in being configured to enable the provided media player application to become a media player application that is configured to transfer audio-video media content from the media library and code of a regulated game and security data bound thereto to selected network connected gaming machines via a one-way sync command; enabling the provided media player application with the provided plug-in; selecting audio-video media content from the media library and code of the regulated game using the plug-in enabled media player application; selecting at least one of a plurality of network connected gaming machines using the plug-in enabled media player application; and transferring the selected audio-video media content from the media library to the selected gaming machines and transferring the code of the regulated game and security data bound thereto to the selected gaming machines using the plug-in enabled media player application.