Automated banking machine operated responsive to data bearing records and with improved resistance to fraud
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1. A method carried out through operation of an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine operates responsive to data read from data bearing records, comprising:
- (a) operating the automated banking machine to sense an undetermined object adjacent thereto; and
(b) responsive to sensing the undetermined object in step (a), operating the machine to provide at least one output requesting machine user input regarding visual appearance of the machine.
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Abstract
An automated banking machine that operates responsive to data read from data bearing records has sensing devices adjacent a card reader slot. The sensing devices enable detection of a fraudulent card reading device.
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1. A method carried out through operation of an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine operates responsive to data read from data bearing records, comprising:
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(a) operating the automated banking machine to sense an undetermined object adjacent thereto; and (b) responsive to sensing the undetermined object in step (a), operating the machine to provide at least one output requesting machine user input regarding visual appearance of the machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method carried out through operation of an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine operates responsive to data read from data bearing records,
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(a) operating the automated banking machine to detect at least one object that is not a part of the machine, adjacent to at least one user input location on the machine; (b) operating the machine responsive to detecting the at least one object in (a), to provide at least one output through an output device of the machine to a machine user, wherein the at least one output includes indicia including at least one query regarding visual appearance of the machine. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Apparatus comprising:
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an automated banking machine that operates responsive to data bearing records, including; a card reader slot, wherein cards from which data is read by the machine move in the slot, at least one sensor adjacent the card reader slot, at least one display, at least one controller, wherein the at least one controller is in operative connection with the at least one sensor and the at least one display, wherein the at least one controller is operative responsive to sensing at least one object through operation of the at least one sensor, to cause at least one output through the display, wherein the at least one output includes indicia corresponding to at least one request for user input to the machine regarding visual appearance of the machine. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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