System of automated teller machines and method of distributing software to a plurality of automated teller machines
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1. A self-service banking system comprising:
- a management station;
first and second self-service banking terminals, each self-service banking terminal including a teller control unit for controlling bank teller functions for a customer carrying out a banking transaction at the self-service banking terminal; and
a peer-to-peer communications network interconnecting the management station and the first and second self-service banking terminals and for (i) enabling the management station to transmit a software package to the first self-service banking terminal and (ii) enabling the first self-service banking terminal to transmit the software package to the second self-service banking terminal after the management station has transmitted the software package to the first self-service banking terminal.
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Abstract
In a software management system, a software package held in a management station (12) is transferred across a communications network (14) to a plurality of destination terminals (16), of which there may be a large number. In order to save on distribution time, the management station (12) can cause terminals (16) which have received the software package to transmit it to further terminals, until all terminals (16) have received the package.
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6 Claims
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1. A self-service banking system comprising:
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a management station; first and second self-service banking terminals, each self-service banking terminal including a teller control unit for controlling bank teller functions for a customer carrying out a banking transaction at the self-service banking terminal; and a peer-to-peer communications network interconnecting the management station and the first and second self-service banking terminals and for (i) enabling the management station to transmit a software package to the first self-service banking terminal and (ii) enabling the first self-service banking terminal to transmit the software package to the second self-service banking terminal after the management station has transmitted the software package to the first self-service banking terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of distributing a software package across a peer-to-peer communications network from a management station to a plurality of self-service bank terminals in which each self-service banking terminal has a teller control unit associated therewith and is connected as an end point node to the peer-to-peer communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) transmitting the software package from the management station to a first self-service banking terminal of the plurality of self-service banking terminals; and (b) transmitting the software package from the first self-service banking terminal to a second self-service banking terminal of the plurality of self-service banking terminal after the management station has transmitted the software package to the first self-service banking terminal in step (a). - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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