AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE THAT OPERATES RESPONSIVE TO DATA READ FROM DATA BEARING RECORDS

摘要

Automated banking machines operate to cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records. Each of the automated banking machines includes a card reader that is operative to read data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts. Transactions are authorized responsive at least in part to correspondence between card data and stored data corresponding to authorized users. Entities responsible for operating the automated banking machines receive messages that include information or update code items for software or firmware usable in the banking machines for which they have operational responsibility.

主权项

1. A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of instructions with instructions encoded thereon for execution by a processor, and when executed operable to:
determine from at least one data store that an update is available for a particular program linked to a plurality of automated banking machine,
wherein the plurality of automated banking machines include at least one data reader that is operable to read user data that is usable to identify a financial account,wherein the plurality of automated banking machines include a cash dispenser that is operative to selectively dispense cash to authorized users of the at least one automated banking machine,wherein the plurality of automated banking machines are operable to allow an authorized user to carry out a cash dispense transaction involving a financial account identified through use of user data read by the at least one data reader, responsive at least in part to receiving authorization from a remote financial transaction host for the cash dispense transaction, andwherein the plurality of automated banking machines are operable to cause the financial account to be assessed a value associated with cash dispensed in carrying out the cash dispense transaction; determine. from the at least one data store for a respective automated banking machine selected from the plurality of automated banking machines, respective entity contact information associated with an entity at least partly responsible for usage of the particular program by at least one processor associated with the respective machine,
wherein the particular program includes computer executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the respective machine to perform at least one function; determine from the at Least one data store for the respective automated banking machine, an address of the at least one processor associated with the respective machine,
wherein the address comprises an update receiving address at which the update can he received by the at least one processor; operate responsive at least in part to the determination that the update is available for the particular program, to automatically cause with regard to the respective machine:
the update to be sent to the update receiving address at which the update can be received by the at least one processor associated with the respective machine; send at least one message, via the respective entity contact information, to the entity associated with the respective automated banking machine, wherein the at least one message indicates that the respective automated banking machine has been provided an update with respect to the particular program, and modify data in the at least one data store to indicate that the respective machine was provided the update.