Patent ID: 8690681

Claim:
A system for validating assignments, the system comprising: a configuration and validation system for establishing one or more configuration assignments for one or more networked gaming machines; and a plurality of electronic gaming machines in communication with the configuration and validation system, each of the electronic gaming machines being configurable for one or more selectable configuration options; and a network terminal in communication with the configuration and validation system, the network terminal having a user interface to select one or more configurations for one or more electronic gaming machines and a processor for executing an algorithm for validating one or more assignments intended for one or more electronic gaming machines; wherein the network terminal presents a potential error message on the network terminal when a selected configuration assignment is incompatible on one or more of the electronic gaming machines, wherein the network terminal automatically schedules one or more downloads supplemental to the incompatible selected configuration assignment to resolve the incompatibility, enabling the scheduled configuration assignment to be executable on one or more of the electronic gaming machines; 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.