Patent ID: 7641555

Claim:
A method of configuring a gaming machine from a computer, the method comprising: accessing a sequence of manual touch screen actuations at the computer, which when used on a video display implement a configuration parameter for the gaming machine, the configuration parameter stored on the computer; establishing a communication link between the computer and a central processing unit in the gaming machine; transmitting a first actuation signal from the computer to the gaming machine, the first actuation signal being identical to a signal produced by a first manual touch screen actuation selected from the sequence of manual touch screen actuations; determining whether the central processing unit correctly responds to the first actuation signal; and in response determining that the central processing unit has correctly responded to the first signal, transmitting a second actuation signal from the computer to the gaming machine, the second actuation signal being identical to a signal produced by a second manual touch screen actuation selected from the sequence of manual touch screen actuations, the second manual touch screen actuation being subsequent to the first manual touch screen actuation, wherein the sequence of manual touch screen actuations cause the gaming machine to select the configuration parameter from a configuration parameter menu.