Automated banking machine

• US 7,559,460 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2005
• Issued: 07/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Diebold Incorporated (Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Diebold Incorporated (Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated)
• Inventors: Miller, Greg, Graef, H. Thomas, Laskowski, Edward L., Galloway, Todd, Barnett, Robert W., Ryan, Mike, Ward, Mark A., Brown, Martin J., Peters, David A., Kay, James R., Meek, James, Phillips, Thomas B., Burns, Paul, Altier, Joseph M., Laha, Arindam, Valcore, John C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Frech; Karl D.
• Application Number:
  US11/270,363
• Publication Number:
  US 20070102863A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,344 Days
• Field of Search: 235/379, 235/375, 902/9, 902/11
• US Class Current: 235/379
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/14 Inlet or outlet ports

Abstract

An automated banking machine (10) includes a user interface (12) including an opening (20). Users of the machine deliver individual sheets and stacks of sheets to and from the machine through the opening. Stacks of sheets may include sheets such as notes, checks or other documents. Stacks input to the machine may include mixtures of various types of sheets. The machine operates to receive notes, process checks and perform other operations. Notes received in the machine may be recycled and dispensed to other users. Checks processed by the machine may be imaged by an imaging device, cancelled and stored in the machine or alternatively returned to a user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

(a) receiving user account identifying information from a user through at least one input device of an automated banking machine including a cash dispenser and at least one of a check imaging device and a currency bill validating device;

(b) receiving through the at least one input device, at least one input indicating that the user wishes to make a deposit including at least one of a check and a currency bill into the automated banking machine;

(c) operating the automated banking machine to communicate with at least one remote computer in determining if a user account associated with the user account identifying information, can have a first deposit transaction conducted thereon;

(d) responsive to a positive determination in (c), operating the automated banking machine while operative to complete the first deposit transaction and sans user-caused cancellation of the first deposit transaction, to communicate with the at least one remote computer to cause cancellation of the first deposit transaction;

(e) responsive to a positive determination in (c), accepting the deposit corresponding to the at least one input received in step (b) in the automated banking machine;

(f) evaluating the deposit accepted in (e) through operation of the automated banking machine to determine a value associated therewith;

(g) subsequent to (f), operating the automated banking machine to communicate at least one message with the at least one remote computer, to conduct a second deposit transaction on the account, wherein the second deposit transaction causes a deposit in an amount of corresponding to the value determined in (f) to be indicated as having been made to the user account.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein (e) includes accepting a plurality of checks, and wherein (e) includes summing amounts from each of the plurality of checks.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein (e) includes accepting a plurality of currency bills, and wherein (f) further includes summing bill values from each of the plurality of currency bills.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein (e) includes accepting at least one check and at least one currency bill, and (f) includes summing at least one amount from the at least one check and at least one bill value from the at least one currency bill, wherein the value includes a total produced through such summing.

5. The method according to claim 1 and further comprising:

operating at least one processor in the automated banking machine to generate first data corresponding with a first check accepted from a user in (e) and a first identifying value, and to store the first data and the first identifying value in associated relation in at least one data store in the machine, which data store is in operative connection with the at least one processor, and

operating the at least one processor to generate second data corresponding to a second accepted check from the user in (e) and to store the second data and the first identifying value in associated relation in the at least one data store.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein (e) includes accepting at least one currency bill from the user and determining through operation of the machine at least one bill value associated with the at least one currency bill, and further comprising:

operating the at least one processor to store the at least one bill value and the first identifying value in associated relation in the at least one data store.

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

(h) operating the automated banking machine to communicate the first data, second data and at least one bill value in association with the first identifying value, to at least one remote computer.

8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the first data comprises first image data corresponding to a visual representation of at least a portion of at least one side of the first check,

wherein in (h) the first image data is sent to the at least one remote computer.

9. The method according to claim 7 wherein the at least one processor is operative to cause the first identifying value to be stored in the at least one data store in associated relation with the first data, responsive to a positive determination in (c).

10. The method according to claim 9 and further comprising, generating a second identifying value through operation of the at least one processor responsive to receipt by the machine of the second check from the user, wherein the at least one processor operates to not store the second identifying value in associated relation with the second data in the at least one data store.

11. The method according to claim 7 and further comprising:

(i) receiving further user account identifying information from a further user through at least one input device of the automated banking machine;

(j) receiving through at least one input device of the automated banking machine, at least one input indicating that the further user wishes to make a second deposit into the ATM, wherein the second deposit includes at least one of a check and a currency bill;

(k) operating the automated banking machine to communicate with at least one remote computer to determine if the further user account associated with the further user account identifying information, can have a third deposit transaction conducted thereon responsive to at least one message from the automated banking machine;

(l) responsive to a positive determination in (k), operating the automated banking machine to communicate with the at least one remote computer to cancel the third deposit transaction;

(m) responsive to a positive determination in (k), accepting the second deposit in the automated banking machine;

(n) evaluating the second deposit through operation of the automated banking machine to determine a further value associated therewith;

(o) subsequent to (n), operating the automated banking machine to communicate at least one further message with at least one remote computer to conduct a fourth deposit transaction on the further user account, wherein the fourth deposit transaction causes a deposit in the amount of the further value to be indicated as having been made to the further user account.

12. The method according to claim 11 and further comprising:

operating the at least one processor in the automated banking machine to generate third data corresponding to a first further check accepted from the further user in (m) and a second identifying value, and storing the third data and second identifying value in the at least one data store.

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

operating the at least one processor in the automated banking machine to generate fourth data corresponding to a second further check accepted from the further user in (m), and storing the fourth data and the second identifying value in associated relation in the at least one data store.

14. The method according to claim 13 and further comprising:

determining at least one further bill value associated with at least one currency bill accepted through operation of the machine from the further user in (m);

operating the at least one processor in the automated banking machine to cause the at least one further bill value to be stored in association with the second identifying value in the at least one data store.

15. The method according to claim 14 and further comprising:

operating the automated banking machine to send the third data, fourth data and at least one further bill value in association with the second identifying value, to the at least one remote computer.

16. The method according to claim 5 wherein the first data comprises first image data corresponding to a visual representation of at least a portion of at least one side of the first check, and wherein the second data corresponds to second image data corresponding to a visual representation of at least a portion of at least one side of the second check,

and further comprising:

(h) operating the automated banking machine to communicate the first data and second data in association with the first identifying value, to the at least one remote computer.

17. The method according to claim 1 and further comprising:

operating at least one processor in the automated banking machine to generate a first identifying value, and to associate the first identifying value in at least one data store in the automated banking machine, with data corresponding to each of a plurality of items accepted into the automated banking machine from the user in (b).

18. The method according to claim 17 and further comprising:

repeating steps (a) through (g) for a further user of the automated banking machine, and operating at least one processor in the automated banking machine to generate a second identifying value and to store in at least one data store in the automated banking machine, data corresponding to each of the plurality of items accepted from the further user in repeated (e), with the second identifying value.

19. The method according to claim 18 wherein in (e) and in repeated (e), the plurality of items include a plurality of checks.

20. The method according to claim 18 wherein in (e) and in repeated (e), the plurality of items include at least one check and at least one currency bill.

21. The method according to claim 1 wherein (e) is subsequent to (d).

22. The method according to claim 1 wherein (a)-(g) occurs during a same user session with the automated banking machine.

23. A method comprising:

(a) receiving user account identifying information from a user through at least one input device of an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine includes at least one of a check imaging device and a currency bill validating device;

(b) receiving through at least one input device of the automated banking machine, at least one input indicating that the user wishes to make a deposit into the automated banking machine, wherein the deposit includes at least one of a check and a currency bill;

(c) operating the automated banking machine to communicate with at least one remote computer to cause a user account associated with the user account identifying information, to have a first deposit transaction conducted thereon responsive to at least one message from the automated banking machine;

(d) subsequent to (c), operating the automated banking machine to communicate with the at least one remote computer to cancel the effect of the first deposit transaction;

(e) subsequent to (d), operating the machine to accept the deposit including at least one of a check and currency bill in the automated banking machine;

(f) evaluating the deposit made in (e) through operation of the automated banking machine to determine a value associated therewith;

(g) operating the automated banking machine to communicate at least one message with at least one remote computer, wherein the at least one message causes the user account to have a second deposit in an amount corresponding to the value to be made thereto.

24. A method comprising:

(a) operating an automated banking machine to receive a deposit request from a user of the machine during a user session with the machine;

(b) responsive to step (a), operating the machine to initiate a first deposit transaction;

(c) subsequent to step (b), operating the machine in determining that the user is authorized to make a deposit with the machine, wherein the determining includes operating the machine to receive a deposit approval message associated with the first deposit transaction from at least one remote transaction host;

(d) subsequent to step (c), operating the machine while operative to complete the first deposit transaction, to cause cancellation of the first deposit transaction prior to completion thereof, wherein the cancellation is during the user session, and wherein the cancellation is absent user-caused cancellation of the first deposit transaction;

(e) subsequent to step (d), operating the machine during the user session to initiate a second deposit transaction; and

(f) subsequent to step (e), operating the machine during the user session to complete the second deposit transaction, wherein completing the second deposit transaction includes accepting a deposit from the user, wherein the deposit is associated with the deposit request received in step (a), and wherein the deposit includes at least one of a currency bill and a check.

25. The method according to claim 24 wherein step (d) is responsive solely to the determination in step (c).

26. The method according to claim 24

wherein the first deposit transaction is a test transaction, wherein step (c) includes operating the machine to receive a message associated with the test transaction, wherein step (d) includes operating the machine to cause cancellation of the test transaction,

wherein the second deposit transaction is a genuine transaction, wherein step (e) includes operating the machine to initiate the genuine transaction.