Automated banking machine and monitoring method
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1. A method comprising:
- (a) operating at least one computer associated with a monitoring system to receive mobile phone-communicated information from a person during a user session with the monitoring system,wherein the information includes data usable to verify that person is an authorized user of the monitoring system,wherein the information includes a request for a real-time remotely monitored escort through at least one area associated with a facility,wherein the information includes data usable to identify the facility;
(b) responsive at least in part to the information received in (a), operating the at least one computer during the user session to cause real-time visual output through at least one display of images captured by at least one camera,wherein the at least one display is;
remotely located from the facility, andassociated with the monitoring system,wherein the images include;
views of areas of the at least one area that include current location the person, andviews of other areas of the at least one area that are proximate to current location of the person; and
(c) operating the at least one computer during the user session while the person is viewable through the at least one display, to cause at least one audio message to be sent to the mobile phone,wherein the at least one audio message confirms that the person is being viewed through the at least one display,wherein the at least one audio message provides escort information to the person regarding safety of movement through the at least one area.
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Abstract
An automated banking machine is part of a banking system that can operate to cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records, including user cards. The machine is in operative connection with a system operable to capture images related to activity that is conducted at or adjacent to the machine. The machine is positioned at a banking facility having a vault and an entrance. A plurality of cameras are positioned at the facility. Captured images can be analyzed at a remote monitoring center. The monitoring center can operate to assure that employees or customers of the banking facility can safely enter and/or exit the banking facility.
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) operating at least one computer associated with a monitoring system to receive mobile phone-communicated information from a person during a user session with the monitoring system, wherein the information includes data usable to verify that person is an authorized user of the monitoring system, wherein the information includes a request for a real-time remotely monitored escort through at least one area associated with a facility, wherein the information includes data usable to identify the facility; (b) responsive at least in part to the information received in (a), operating the at least one computer during the user session to cause real-time visual output through at least one display of images captured by at least one camera, wherein the at least one display is; remotely located from the facility, and associated with the monitoring system, wherein the images include; views of areas of the at least one area that include current location the person, and views of other areas of the at least one area that are proximate to current location of the person; and (c) operating the at least one computer during the user session while the person is viewable through the at least one display, to cause at least one audio message to be sent to the mobile phone, wherein the at least one audio message confirms that the person is being viewed through the at least one display, wherein the at least one audio message provides escort information to the person regarding safety of movement through the at least one area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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(a) operating at least one processor to allow a monitoring service to receive a request which originated from a mobile phone, wherein the request is for information regarding safety of customer movement through at least one area associated with a facility; (b) responsive at least in part to the request received in (a) being associated with an authorized user of the monitoring service, operating the at least one processor to cause initiation of remote monitoring of the at least one area; (c) responsive at least in part to (b), operating the at least one processor to cause camera-captured images of the at least one area to be output in real time through at least one display during travel of the customer through the at least one area, wherein the at least one display is both associated with the monitoring service and remotely located from the facility, wherein the images include views of at least one other area that is adjacent to an area in which the customer is currently located; and (d) operating the at least one processor during travel of the customer through the at least one area, to cause real-time audio information regarding safety of customer movement through the at least one area to be sent to the mobile phone, wherein the audio information is based on the images output through the at least one display, wherein the audio information includes at least one indication of whether the at least one other area is safe for customer movement therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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(a) operating a monitoring system to receive a request which originated from a mobile phone, wherein the request is by a customer of the monitoring system, wherein the request is for safe guidance of customer movement through at least one area associated with a facility during a customer session with the monitoring system, wherein the monitoring system is associated with at least one display that is remotely located from the facility, wherein the monitoring system is associated with at least one computer, wherein the at least one computer is in operative connection with the at least one display; (b) responsive at least in part to the request received in (a), operating the monitoring system during the customer session to cause visual display of the at least one area to be output through the at least one display, wherein the monitoring system is in audio communication with the mobile phone during at least a part of the visual display output; and (c) operating the monitoring system during the audio communication to cause at least one audio message to be sent to the mobile phone, wherein the at least one audio message relates to safety of the customer determined at least in part from the visual display output in (b), wherein the at least one audio message is useful to the customer in deciding whether to move through the at least one area. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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