Patent ID: 8382593

Claim:
A download server for customizing a given gaming machine, the download server comprising: a first processor that executes, at the download server, program instructions; and a computer-readable medium storing the program instructions executed by the first processor and gaming machine software files executable by a second processor at the given gaming machine, wherein execution of the program instructions causes the first processor to arrange the executable gaming machine software files into a hierarchical structure comprising a first tier, a second tier, and a third tier, and wherein the hierarchical structure is stored within the computer-readable medium, wherein the first tier comprises executable gaming machine software files corresponding to a default configuration executable gaming machine software files for the given gaming machine, wherein the second tier comprises (i) a first members folder including a plurality of identification codes that uniquely identify a first group of multiple gaming machines including the given gaming machine, and (ii) a first files folder including executable gaming machine software files corresponding to a group-level configuration of executable gaming machine software files for the first group of gaming machines including the given gaming machine, wherein the third tier comprises executable gaming machine software files corresponding to a machine-level configuration of executable gaming machine software files for the given gaming machine, wherein the group-level configuration is higher in priority than the default configuration, and wherein the machine-level configuration is higher in priority than both the default configuration and the group-level configuration.