USER INTERFACE

• US 20130050088A1
• Filed: 08/29/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NCR Corporation
• Original Assignee: NCR Corporation
• Inventors: Smith, Andrew W. D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,218,129 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/205 Housing aspects of ATMs
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1033 Details of the PIN pad

Abstract

A user interface comprising: (i) a physical keypad comprising a plurality of keys, and (ii) a touch-sensitive display for presenting a screen. The screen comprises: (a) an image illustrating the physical keypad; and (b) a transaction option depicted on one of the keys of the physical keypad. A user is able to select the transaction option either by pressing the transaction option on the touch-sensitive display or by pressing a physical key corresponding to the key on which the transaction option is depicted.

Claims

1. A user interface comprising:

(i) a physical keypad comprising a plurality of keys, and

(ii) a touch-sensitive display for presenting a screen, where the screen comprises;

(a) an image illustrating the physical keypad; and

(b) a transaction option depicted on one of the keys of the physical keypad;

so that a user is able to select the transaction option either by pressing the transaction option on the touch-sensitive display or by pressing a physical key corresponding to the key on which the transaction option is depicted.

2. A user interface according to claim 1, wherein the screen further comprises a navigation option depicted on another of the keys, so that selection of that navigation key advances to a screen presenting another transaction option, which replaces the transaction option depicted on the one of the keys.

3. A user interface according to claim 1, wherein the physical keypad comprises a plurality of keys configured to indicate directions to the user.

4. A user interface according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of keys comprise the directions up, down, left, and right.

5. A user interface according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of keys are spatially arranged to indicate a direction each key represents.

6. A user interface according to claim 3, wherein each of the plurality of keys comprises a diamond shape.

7. A user interface according to claim 4, wherein the left and right keys are used for navigating through a menu.

8. A user interface according to claim 4, wherein the up and down keys are used for displaying transaction options.

9. A user interface according to claim 1, wherein the physical keypad includes a raised portion on an upper surface of each of the keys.

10. A public access terminal including a user interface comprising:

(i) a physical keypad comprising a plurality of keys, and

(ii) a touch-sensitive display for presenting a screen, where the screen comprises;

(a) an image illustrating the physical keypad; and

(b) a transaction option depicted on one of the keys of the physical keypad;

so that a user is able to select the transaction option either by pressing the transaction option on the touch-sensitive display or by pressing a physical key corresponding to the key on which the transaction option is depicted.

11. A public access terminal according to claim 10, wherein the terminal further comprises a numeric keypad separate from the physical keypad.

12. A public access terminal according to claim 10, wherein the terminal comprises an automated teller machine.

13. A method of receiving transaction information from a user, the method comprising:

presenting a screen depicting a physical keypad;

including on the screen a transaction option associated with a key on the physical keypad; and

receiving a transaction request from the user, where the transaction request is provided either by touching the transaction option key, or by pressing a key on the physical keypad corresponding to the transaction option key.

14. A method according to claim 13, wherein the method comprises the further steps of:

presenting a transaction amount screen depicting the physical keypad;

presenting a transaction amount on the transaction amount screen; and

including an amount increment option associated with another key on the physical keypad, and an amount decrement option associated with yet another key on the physical keypad.

15. A method according to claim 13, wherein the method comprises the further steps of:

including on the screen a forward navigation option associated with another key on the physical keypad; and

including on the screen a backward navigation option associated with yet another key on the physical keypad.