Automatic transaction apparatus, control method of automatic transaction apparatus, and automatic transaction system

• US 20050109831A1
• Filed: 04/21/2004
• Published: 05/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Frontech Limited (Fujitsu Limited), Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Frontech Limited (Fujitsu Limited), Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Tomi, Satoshi, Obara, Tomomichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,131,577 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/379
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/211 Software architecture within ATMs or in relation to the ATM network

Abstract

An automatic transaction apparatus communicates with a Web server and performs automatic transaction according to the operation of a user in order to perform automatic transaction processing with decreasing the number of times of requests to the Web server. Objects for each processing of the transaction processing are embedded in a screen content of a Web server, a part of the screen can be updated by an applet and script of the screen content, without downloading all the updates of the screen from the Web server. The screen can be updated without communication with the Web server. The transaction performance (speed) of the automatic transaction apparatus can be improved, and load of the Web server can be decreased.

Claims

1. An automatic transaction apparatus for communicating with a Web server and performing guide display and transaction operation according to the operation of a user, comprising:

a display unit for performing said guide display;

a plurality of I/O units for performing said transaction operation; and

a control unit for controlling the guide display of the screen of said display unit according to a screen content from said Web server, and controlling said plurality of I/O units according to an object embedded in said screen content,

wherein said control unit controls the sequence of said I/O units by the script of said object, and updates a display message of said display unit according to said sequence control.

2. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit further comprises

a browser which interprets an applet tag of the screen content from said Web server and performs said guide display, and also interprets an applet tag of said object embedded in said screen content and calls up a method for each processing for controlling said I/O unit, and

said control unit controls the sequence of said I/O unit from said browser and updates the display message of said display unit according to said sequence control.

3. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control unit performs communication between the applet of said object and the applet of said screen, and updates the display message of said display unit.

4. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control unit calls up a function of said script by the applet of said object, and updates the display message of said display unit.

5. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit calls up a method for each processing for controlling the synchronization of said plurality of I/O units according to the script of the object embedded in said screen content, and controls the synchronization of said plurality of I/O units.

6. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said I/O unit further comprises a cash unit for at least receiving cash, validating the received cash, and depositing the cash, and

said control unit interprets the script of said screen content and updates the display message of said display unit according to the operation of said cash unit.

7. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said control unit sends a request to said Web server after executing an initial deposit and additional deposit.

8. A control method of an automatic transaction apparatus for communicating with a Web server and performing guide display and transaction operation according to the operation of a user, comprising the steps of:

performing guide display on the screen of a display apparatus according to a screen content from said Web server;

controlling the sequence of I/O units according to an object embedded in said screen content; and

updating a display message of said display unit according to the sequence control of said I/O units using said objects.

9. The control method of an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein said guide display step comprises a step of interpreting an applet tag of the screen content from said Web server by a browser and performing said guide display,

said control step comprises a step of interpreting an applet tag of said object embedded in said screen content and calling up a method for each processing for controlling said I/O units, and

said update step comprises a step of updating the display message of said display unit according to the sequence control of said I/O units from said browser.

10. The control method of an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein said update step comprises a step of performing communication between the applet of said object and the applet of said screen, and updating the display message of said display unit.

11. The control method of an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein said update step comprises a step of calling up a function of said script by the applet of said object, and updating the display message of said display unit.

12. The control method of an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein said control step further comprises a step of calling up a method for each processing for controlling the synchronization of said plurality of I/O units according to the script of the object embedded in said screen content, and controlling the synchronization of said plurality of I/O units.

13. The control method of an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein said update step comprises a step of interpreting the script of said screen content and updating the display message of said display unit according to the operation of a cash unit which is provided as said I/O unit for at least receiving cash, validating the received cash and depositing the cash.

14. The control method of an automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a step of sending a request to said Web server after said cash unit executes an initial deposit and additional deposit.

15. An automatic transaction system comprising:

a Web server; and

an automatic transaction apparatus which communicates with said Web server and performs guide display and transaction operation according to the operation of a user,

wherein said automatic transaction apparatus comprises;

a display unit for performing said guide display;

a plurality of I/O units for performing said transaction operation; and

a control unit for controlling the guide display of the screen of said display unit according to a screen content from said Web server, and controlling said plurality of I/O units according to an object embedded in said screen content,

and wherein said control unit controls the sequence of said I/O units by the script of said object, and updates a display message of said display unit according to said sequence control.

16. The automatic transaction system according to claim 15, wherein said control unit of said automatic transaction apparatus comprises a browser which interprets an applet tag of the screen content from said Web server, and performs said guide display, and also interprets an applet tag of said object embedded in said screen content, and calls up a method for each processing for controlling said I/O units, and

said control unit controls the sequence of said I/O unit from said browser and updates the display message of said display unit according to said sequence control.

17. The automatic transaction system according to claim 16, wherein said control unit performs communication between the applet of said object and the applet of said screen, and updates the display message of said display unit.

18. The automatic transaction system according to claim 16, wherein said control unit calls up a function of said script by the applet of said object, and updates the display message of said display unit.

19. The automatic transaction system according to claim 15, wherein said control unit calls up a method for each processing for controlling the synchronization of said plurality of I/O units according to the script of the object embedded in said screen content, and controls the synchronization of said plurality of I/O units.

20. The automatic transaction system according to claim 15, wherein said I/O unit comprises a cash unit for at least receiving cash, validating the received cash and depositing the cash, and

said control unit interprets the script of said screen content and updates the display message of said display unit according to the operation of said cash unit.

21. The automatic transaction system according to claim 20, wherein said control unit sends a request to said Web server after executing an initial deposit and additional deposit.