AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE THAT CAN DETECT SERVICING ACTIONS
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- an automated banking machine that comprises a sensor, the automated banking machine is operable to communicate with a service data collecting remote computer;
wherein the sensor is configured to automatically sense a particular servicing activity carried out on the automated banking machine by an authorized machine servicer; and
wherein the automated banking machine is operable to automatically send service data corresponding to a sensed servicing activity to the service data collecting remote computer.
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Abstract
In an example embodiment, an automated banking machine can cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records. The machine includes a card reader that can read from user cards, card data which corresponds to financial accounts. The machine can operate responsive to the read card data to carry out transactions that transfer and/or allocate funds between accounts. The machine can provide users a transaction receipt. The machine includes a cash dispenser that can dispense cash to authorized users. Value of dispensed cash can be assessed to an account which corresponds to the read card data. The machine is equipped with sensing devices strategically positioned adjacent to machine components. The sensing devices enable the machine to automatically detect servicing activities performed on the machine. The machine is operable to send information corresponding to detected service activity to a service data-collecting computer.
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18 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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an automated banking machine that comprises a sensor, the automated banking machine is operable to communicate with a service data collecting remote computer; wherein the sensor is configured to automatically sense a particular servicing activity carried out on the automated banking machine by an authorized machine servicer; and wherein the automated banking machine is operable to automatically send service data corresponding to a sensed servicing activity to the service data collecting remote computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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operating a sensor of an automated banking machine to sense that a first automated banking machine component of the automated banking machine is being serviced; and operating a processor to cause data representative the sensed servicing of the first automated banking machine component to be stored in a data store. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium with computer readable instructions encoded thereon for execution by a processor, and when executed by the processor operable to:
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obtain data representative of a service being performed on a component of an automated banking machine from a sensor associated with the component; and automatically send data representative of the service being performed to a data collecting remote computer.
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