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ATM network response diagnostic snapshot

  • US 8,593,971 B1
  • Filed: 01/25/2011
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An Automated Teller Machine (ATM) configured to target ATM operational problems, the ATM comprising:

  • an ATM receiver configured to receive a workload transmitted via a telecommunications network; and

    an ATM central processing unit (CPU) configured to execute the workload, the workload including instructions to (1) execute a script, (2) record an output generated from the execution of the script, and (3) transmit the recorded output via the telecommunications network to a receiver;

    wherein;

    the execution of the script by the ATM CPU includes transmitting an echo request packet to a device external to the ATM CPU and internal to the ATM; and

    the recorded output includes (1) a measurement of time elapsed between the transmission of the echo request packet to the external device and the reception of a reply request packet from the external device, and (2) any packet loss.

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