Banking system that operates to cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records
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1. Apparatus comprising:
- an automated banking machine, including;
a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read card data from user cards, wherein the card data corresponds to financial accounts;
a lockable housing, wherein the lockable housing bounds an interior area;
a cash dispenser;
at least one processor in operative connection with the card reader and the cash dispenser,wherein the at least one processor is within the interior area,wherein the at least one processor includes dedicated programming,wherein the programming causes the cash dispenser to dispense cash from the machine responsive to communication of at least one message only between the machine and at least one remote system,wherein the at least one processor is configured to prevent a changing of the programming that would enable communication of the at least one message between the machine and any remote system other than the at least one remote system.
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Abstract
A banking system includes a plurality of automated banking machines and operates to cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records. Each machine (10) includes a user interface (16), a card reader (18) of data bearing records, a cash dispenser (42), and other transaction function devices. The card reader operates to read card data corresponding to financial accounts from user cards. In exchange for providing the machines at no charge to a merchant, user transaction fees assessed to machine users are shared by both the machine provider and the merchant.
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1. Apparatus comprising:
an automated banking machine, including; a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read card data from user cards, wherein the card data corresponds to financial accounts; a lockable housing, wherein the lockable housing bounds an interior area; a cash dispenser; at least one processor in operative connection with the card reader and the cash dispenser, wherein the at least one processor is within the interior area, wherein the at least one processor includes dedicated programming, wherein the programming causes the cash dispenser to dispense cash from the machine responsive to communication of at least one message only between the machine and at least one remote system, wherein the at least one processor is configured to prevent a changing of the programming that would enable communication of the at least one message between the machine and any remote system other than the at least one remote system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Apparatus comprising:
an automated banking machine, including; a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read card data from user cards, wherein the card data corresponds to financial accounts; a lockable housing, wherein the lockable housing bounds an interior area; a cash dispenser; at least one processor in operative connection with the card reader and the cash dispenser, and wherein the at least one processor includes a configuration that causes the cash dispenser to dispense cash from the machine responsive to communication of at least one message between the machine and at least one remote system, and wherein the configuration is adapted to prevent reconfiguring of the at least one processor to enable communication of the at least one message between the machine and any remote system other than the at least one remote system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus including:
an automated banking machine located at an establishment of a merchant, wherein the machine is subject to an agreement between the merchant and a discount machine provider, wherein the machine includes at least one reader, wherein the at least one reader is operable to read user data usable to identify at least one of an account and a user of the machine, wherein the machine includes a cash dispenser, wherein the machine includes at least one input device, wherein the machine includes at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured based at least in part on
the at least one reader reading user data that corresponds to a machine user of a first type, and
the at least one input device receiving a request for a cash withdrawal transaction from the machine user,to
cause the machine to carry out the cash withdrawal transaction through use of
a particular transaction switch which causes a switch usage fee to be assessed, and
the cash dispenser,
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cause a user transaction fee to be assessed to the machine user for use of the machine to carry out the cash withdrawal transaction,
wherein the user transaction fee differs from the switch usage fee,
wherein the user transaction fee includes a portion allocated to an account of the merchant, and
wherein the user transaction fee includes a portion allocated to an account of the discount machine provider,wherein the at least one processor is programmed to cause responsive to communication of at least one message between the machine and at least one remote system, the cash dispenser to dispense cash in carrying out the cash withdrawal transaction, wherein the at least one processor includes a configuration adapted to prevent reconfiguring of the at least one processor, wherein the configuration secures the at least one processor from programming tampering which would enable communication of the at least one message between the machine and any remote system other than the at least one remote system. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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