Automated transaction machine
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1. Integrated banking and transaction apparatus for use by a consumer, comprising:
- an automated teller machine; and
means for providing a retail transaction to the consumer through an Internet interface to the automated teller machine.
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Abstract
An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system (40). The integrated system (40) generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit card or smart card reader (48) is used for both the ATM and the Internet kiosk functions, the same control screen (42, 44) activates the ATM functions and the Internet functions, and etc.
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1. Integrated banking and transaction apparatus for use by a consumer, comprising:
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an automated teller machine; and
means for providing a retail transaction to the consumer through an Internet interface to the automated teller machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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9. A method of providing banking services and transaction capability to a consumer in a single automated transaction machine, comprising the steps of:
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providing automated teller machine access to the consumer via the automated transaction machine; and
providing Internet access to the consumer via the automated transaction machine and realizing a retail transaction. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An integrated banking and transaction apparatus for use by a consumer to purchase a floral service from a floral delivery service, comprising:
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an automated teller machine;
an Internet interface to the automated teller machine that can provide the consumer access to the floral delivery service; and
a user interface to the automated teller machine;
wherein the consumer can purchase the floral service through the use of the user interface and the Internet connection. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for a consumer to purchase a floral service from a floral delivery service on an automated transaction machine, comprising the steps of:
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providing automated teller machine access to the consumer via the automated transaction machine;
providing Internet access to the consumer via the automated transaction machine, such that the consumer can access the floral delivery service; and
purchasing the floral service from the floral delivery service. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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