Automated banking machine and system

• US 7,634,433 B1
• Filed: 11/17/1998
• Issued: 12/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Diebold Incorporated (Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated)
• Inventors: Drummond, Jay Paul, Blackson, Dale, Smith, Mark D., Weis, David W., Cichon, Bob A., Moales, Mark A., Ess, Joseph C., Church, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Elisca; Pierre E
• Application Number:
  US09/193,564
• Time in Patent Office: 4,046 Days
• Field of Search: 705/35, 705/26, 705/39, 705/42, 705/43
• US Class Current: 705/35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/206 Software aspects at ATMs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

An automated banking machine (12) is operative to conduct transactions in response to HTML documents and TCP/IP messages exchanged with a local computer system (14) through an intranet (16), as well as in response to messages exchanged with foreign servers (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 96) in a wide area network (18). The banking machine includes a computer (34) having an HTML document handling portion (76, 80, 82). The HTML document handling portion is operative to communicate through a proxy server (88), with a home HTTP server (90) in the intranet or the foreign servers in the wide area network. The computer further includes a device application portion (84) which interfaces with the HTML document handling portion and dispatches messages to operate devices (36) in the automated banking machine. The devices include a sheet dispenser mechanism (42) which dispenses currency as well as other transaction devices. The device application portion communicates with a device interfacing software portion (64) in the banking machine through a device server (92) in the intranet. The device server maintains local control over the devices in the banking machine including the sheet dispenser. The banking machine operates to read indicia on the user'"'"'s card corresponding to a system address. The computer is operative to connect the banking machine to the home or foreign server corresponding to the system address, which connected server operates the banking machine until the completion of transactions by the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

(a) providing a plurality of documents accessible through an HTTP server, wherein at least one document includes data corresponding to operating data, wherein the operating data is adapted to control operation of at least one transaction function device of an automated transaction machine;

(b) accessing the at least one document through the HTTP server with an automated transaction machine, wherein the automated transaction machine includes a browser, wherein the at least one document is accessed with the browser;

(c) loading data corresponding to the operating data in a memory of the automated transaction machine; and

(d) operating the at least one transaction function device of the automated transaction machine responsive to the operating data.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in step (d) the at least one transaction function device includes a cash dispenser and the operating data includes an applet, wherein step (d) further includes dispensing cash from the cash dispenser responsive to the applet.

3. The method according to claim 1, and prior to step (d) further comprising:

(e) accessing an applet with the automated transaction machine responsive to the operating data; and

wherein step (d) includes operating the at least one transaction function device responsive to the applet.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the at least one transaction function device includes a cash dispenser.

5. A method comprising:

(a) providing a plurality of HTTP records accessible through an HTTP server,

wherein the plurality of records include a plurality of HTML documents,

wherein at least one document includes record data corresponding to operating data operative to control operation of an automated transaction machine;

(b) accessing the record data through the server with a computer in an automated transaction machine, including accessing a document with a browser operating in the computer of the automated transaction machine, wherein the document includes instructions; and

(c) loading the operating data in memory of the automated transaction machine responsive to the instructions.

6. A system comprising:

an HTTP server,

a plurality of records accessible through the server,

wherein at least one record includes machine operating data,

wherein a second record includes further machine operating data,

an automated transaction machine,

wherein the automated transaction machine includes a computer,

wherein the computer includes memory,

wherein the automated transaction machine includes at least one transaction function device in operative connection with the computer,

wherein the at least one transaction function device is changeable from a first condition to a second condition,

software executable in the computer,

wherein the software is operative to cause the computer to access the at least one record and to store data corresponding to the machine operating data in the memory,

wherein the software is further operative to cause the computer to access the second record and to store data corresponding to the further machine operating data in the memory responsive to a change in condition of the at least one transaction function device.

7. The system according to claim 6

wherein the software includes a browser,

wherein the at least one transaction function device includes a sheet dispenser,

wherein the plurality of records accessible through the HTTP server include at least one document, wherein the at least one document includes transaction machine operating instructions to operate the sheet dispenser,

wherein the software is further operative to cause the computer to access the at least one document with the browser and to cause operation of the sheet dispenser in response to the transaction machine operating instructions.

8. A system comprising:

an HTTP server, and a plurality of records accessible through the server, at least one record including transaction machine operating data including an instruction,

an automated transaction machine, the automated transaction machine including a computer, the computer including memory, wherein the computer is operative responsive to data corresponding to the instruction in the memory to access an applet from the HTTP server, and

software executable in the computer, wherein the software is operative to access the at least one record and to store data corresponding to the transaction machine operating data in the memory.

9. A system comprising:

an HTTP server,

a plurality of records accessible through the server,

wherein at least one record includes machine operating data,

an automated transaction machine,

wherein the automated transaction machine includes a plurality of transaction devices,

wherein the automated transaction machine includes a computer,

wherein the computer includes memory,

wherein the memory includes at least one document address,

wherein the at least one document address corresponds to at least one of the transaction devices in the automated transaction machine,

software executable in the computer,

wherein the software includes a browser,

wherein the software is operative to cause the computer to access the at least one record and to store data corresponding to the machine operating data in the memory,

a plurality of documents accessible through the server,

wherein at least one document corresponds to the document address,

wherein the at least one document corresponding to the document address includes the machine operating data,

wherein the computer is operative to access the at least one document corresponding to the document address with the browser and to store in the memory, data corresponding to the machine operating data in the accessed at least one document.