Configuration synchronization between electronic gaming machines and a supporting server

摘要

An illustrative method manages configuration information of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) and maintains server configuration information at a server that supports EGMs in a server-client relationship. The server configuration information contains stored information about the configuration of each EGM. EGM configuration information transmitted from the EMGs is received at the server. The server and EGM configuration information each contains corresponding fields with values representing information about predetermined factors. The values in the fields of the server configuration information are compared with the values in corresponding fields of the EGM configuration information. A report is generated based on the comparison.

主权项

1. A method for managing configuration information of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) that permit wagering on games comprising:
maintaining first configuration information at a server that supports EGMs in a server-client relationship, where the first configuration information contains stored information about the configuration of each EGM; receiving second configuration information transmitted from the EGMs to the server, the first and second configuration information each containing corresponding fields that contain values representing information about predetermined factors associated with each field; comparing by the server the values in the fields of the first configuration information with the values in corresponding fields of the second configuration information, each of the fields of the first configuration information having been predetermined to contain one of critical and non-critical data; determining for each field of the second configuration information that contains a value that is not equal to the value stored in the corresponding field of the first configuration information whether the field with non-matching values has been predetermined to contain non-critical data; automatically updating by the server the first configuration for the subject EGM by storing values contained in the non-matching fields of the second configuration information in the corresponding fields of the first configuration information for only those fields predetermined to contain non-critical data; and generating, depending on the comparing, a configuration report by the server for the subject EGM if any non-matching values exist in corresponding fields in the first and second configuration information predetermined to contain critical data.