Card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine customization system and method

• US 8,523,056 B1
• Filed: 10/08/2012
• Issued: 09/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems (Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated)
• Inventors: Steinmetz, Richard A., Brunt, Richard P., Meek, James, Ducey, Charles E. Jr., Cogan, Victor A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien M
• Assistant Examiner(s): TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA
• Application Number:
  US13/646,807
• Time in Patent Office: 330 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235379-382, 705/1, 705/16, 705/17, 705/35, 705/39, 705/43, 717/168, 717170-174, 717176-178
• US Class Current: 235/379
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1085 involving automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/28 Setting of parameters; Software updates
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]

Abstract

A card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine operates responsive to data included on user cards. A system and method for producing the automated banking machine incorporating a plurality of hardware devices in the automated banking machine responsive to order data associated with a purchase order for the automated banking machine. The hardware devices include a card reader, a cash dispenser, at least one processor, at least one hard drive, and at least one output device. The order data includes at least one hardware part number corresponding to at least one of the devices, at least one software part number corresponding to at least one software component, and at least one customization part number corresponding to at least one customization file. The system and method include installing the software component and the customization file on the at least one hard drive of the machine, through operation of the at least one server responsive to the order data.

Claims

1. A method of configuring a card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine comprising:

a) at a first location, including a plurality of hardware devices in the automated banking machine responsive at least in part to stored order data associated with an order corresponding to the automated banking machine, wherein the hardware devices include a card reader operative to read data included on user cards, a cash dispenser, at least one processor, and at least one output device, wherein the order data includes at least one hardware part number corresponding to at least one of the hardware devices, wherein the order data includes at least one software part number corresponding to at least one software component;

b) through operation of at least one server responsive at least in part to the order data, installing the at least one software component on a first partition of a hard drive, wherein the hard drive includes at least one additional partition;

c) through operation of the at least one server, installing at least one test utility on the at least one additional partition of the hard drive;

d) including the hard drive in the automated banking machine in operative connection with the at least one processor, and

e) through operation of the at least one processor in the automated banking machine, executing the at least one test utility to cause the at least one hardware device to be tested.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the order data is installed on the hard drive, wherein in (b) the at least one server is operative responsive at least in part to the order data installed on the hard drive.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein in (b) the at least one server is operative responsive at least in part to order data included in a remote server.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the order data includes at least one customization part number corresponding to at least one customization file provided by a customer associated with the order further comprising:

f) prior to (d), retrieving through operation of the at least one server, at least one customization image responsive at least in part to the order data, wherein the customization image includes a plurality of customization files;

g) through operation of the at least one server, installing the plurality of customization files on the first partition of the hard drive.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of customization files includes at least one of an image file, a video file, a sound file, or any combination thereof.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein (f) includes retrieving the customization image from a server located remotely from the first location.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

h) prior to (a), acquiring from a customer associated with the order the plurality of customization files;

i) storing the customization files in the customization image;

j) generating the customization part number;

k) including the customization part number in the order data; and

l) storing in a data store, an association between the customization part number and the customization image;

wherein (f) includes accessing the data store using the customization part number to retrieve the customization image.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

f) transporting the automated banking machine to a second location remote from the first location; and

g) through operation of at least one further server responsive at least in part to the order data, updating at least one software component on the first partition of the hard drive.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein in (f) the first location and the second location are located in geographically distant locations.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the order data includes at least one customization part number corresponding to at least one customization file provided by a customer associated with the order, further comprising:

h) prior to (f) through operation of the at least one server responsive at least in part to the order data, installing the at least one customization file on the first partition of the hard drive; and

i) through operation of the at least one further server responsive at least in part to the order data, updating the at least one customization file on the first partition of the hard drive.

11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

j) through operation of the at least one server, installing the order data on the at least one additional partition of the hard drive;

wherein (i) is carried out responsive at least in part to the order data installed on the at least one additional partition of the hard drive.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein (e) includes through operation of the at least one processor in the automated banking machine responsive at least in part to the at least one test utility, causing the cash dispenser to operate.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

f) subsequent to (e), removing the at least one test utility from the hard drive.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein (e) includes the at least one processor booting from the at least one additional partition of the hard drive that includes the test utility, further comprising:

g) subsequent to (f), configuring the at least one processor to subsequently boot from the first partition of the at least one hard drive.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the at least one software component includes at least one configuration software component, further comprising:

subsequent to (f), through operation of the at least one processor in the automated banking machine, executing the configuration software component.

16. A method of configuring a card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine comprising:

a) at a first location that includes the automated banking machine, accessing thorough operation of at least one server, stored order data associated with an order corresponding to the automated banking machine, wherein the order data includes at least one hardware part number corresponding to at least one of a plurality of hardware devices capable of being installed in the automated banking machine, which plurality of hardware devices include a card reader operative to read data included on user cards, a cash dispenser, at least one processor, and at least one output device, wherein the order data includes at least one software part number corresponding to at least one software component;

b) at the first location through operation of at least one server responsive at least in part to the order data, installing the at least one software component on a first partition of a hard drive, wherein the hard drive includes at least one additional partition;

c) at the first location through operation of the at least one server, installing at least one test utility on the at least one additional partition of the hard drive;

d) including the hard drive in the automated banking machine in operative connection with the at least one processor; and

e) through operation of the at least one processor in the automated banking machine, executing the at least one test utility to cause the at least one hardware device to be tested.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

f) prior to (e) at the first location, including the at least one hardware device in the automated banking machine that corresponds to the at least one hardware part number included in the order data.

18. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

f) at the first location, installing the order data on the at least one additional partition of the hard drive;

g) transporting the automated banking machine to a second location remote from the first location; and

h) at the second location, through operation of at least one further server responsive at least in part to the order data installed on the at least one additional partition of the hard drive, updating at least one software component on the at least one additional partition of the hard drive.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein the automated banking machine includes the plurality of hardware devices, wherein the order data includes at least one customization part number corresponding to at least one customization file provided by a customer associated with the order, wherein the customization file includes an image file, further comprising:

f) prior to (d) at the first location, through operation of the at least one server responsive at least in part to the order data, installing the at least one customization file on the first partition of the hard drive; and

g) through operation of the at least one processor in the automated banking machine responsive at least in part to the at least one software component and the at least one image file, causing the output device to output a visual output representative of the image file.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein (e) includes the at least one processor booting from the at least one additional partition of the hard drive that includes the test utility, further comprising:

f) subsequent to (e), removing the at least one test utility from the hard drive;

g) subsequent to (f), configuring the at least one processor to subsequently boot from the first partition of the at least one hard drive.

21. A card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine produced by a method comprising:

a) at a first location, including a plurality of hardware devices in the automated banking machine responsive at least in part to stored order data associated with an order corresponding to the automated banking machine, wherein the hardware devices include a card reader operative to read data included on user cards, a cash dispenser, at least one processor, and at least one output device, wherein the order data includes at least one hardware part number corresponding to at least one of the hardware devices, wherein the order data includes at least one software part number corresponding to at least one software component;

b) through operation of the at least one server, installing the order data on a hard drive, wherein the hard drive includes a first partition and at least one additional partition, wherein the order data is installed on the at least one additional partition;

c) through operation of at least one server responsive at least in part to the order data, installing the at least one software component on the first partition of a hard drive;

d) through operation of the at least one server, installing at least one test utility on the at least one additional partition of the hard drive;

e) including the hard drive in the automated banking machine in operative connection with the at least one processor;

f) through operation of the at least one processor in the automated banking machine, executing the at least one test utility to cause the at least one hardware device to be tested; and

g) through operation of the at least one processor in the automated banking machine, removing the at least one test utility from the hard drive.