Patent ID: 8403746

Claim:
A method for changing gaming machine settings, the method comprising: providing a set SR of sets of ranges of measure values, wherein measure values incorporate a measurement of coin in data, wherein no measure value belongs to more than one set of ranges of measure values, wherein the sets of ranges of measure values from SR correspond to categories of casino activity related to coin in data; providing a set SC of gaming machine configurations; providing a mapping M between SR and SC, wherein no set of ranges of measure values in SR maps to more than one gaming machine configuration in SC; electronically detecting current coin in data for at least two gaming machines; computing a measure value MV for the at least two gaming machines using the current coin in data; automatically determining a set of ranges R from SR that the measure value MV falls into; identifying a particular configuration C from SC mapped to R for a particular machine, C being identified using mapping M; and remotely updating the particular machine to the particular configuration C.