Patent ID: 8131829

Claim:
A computer system that manages a collection of gaming machines in an environment having a download and configuration system, comprising: at least one processor; at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium; a game machine collector module that is stored in the at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and that is configured, when executed by the at least one processor, to: display a respective indicator indicative of a respective gaming machine of a plurality of gaming machines communicatively coupled to a download and configuration system; receive user input that indicates that a respective gaming machine was selected by a user for at least one respective gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines; logically associate each one of the selected gaming machines in a first assignment-group; submit an assignment to the download and configuration system that includes a job to modify each respective gaming machine in the first assignment-group; receive user input that indicates that a respective gaming machine in the first assignment-group was selected by a user for at least one respective gaming machine of the gaming machines in the first assignment-group; logically associate in a second assignment-group each one of the gaming machines selected from the first assignment-group; and display respective indicators indicative of the respective gaming machines in the second assignment-group such that the logical association of the second assignment-group is represented.