Modification of Terminal and Service Provider Machines Using an Update Server Machine

摘要

A system including a terminal machine and a service provider machine is modified using a service provider machine. The terminal machine includes a terminal application for displaying a prompt in a first sequence of prompts and accepting a user data entry in a first series of data entries. The service provider machine includes a provider application for receiving the user data entry. The update server machine sends a dialogue module including a first and second set of updated code to the terminal machine and the service provider machine, respectively. The dialogue module does not modify computer-executable instructions saved on the terminal or service provider machines. The first and second set of updated code adapts the terminal application and provider application, respectively, to use a second sequence of prompts and a second sequence of data entries.

主权项

1. A method of conducting a dialogue between a terminal machine and a service provider machine, the method comprising:
displaying a first prompt on a terminal display of a terminal machine by running a terminal application, the terminal application comprising first computer-executable instructions and first code that conduct the terminal machine's portion of the dialogue; accepting a first data entry at the terminal machine, wherein the first data entry is associated with the first prompt; communicating information from the terminal machine to the service provider machine, the information associated with the first data entry, the service provider machine using a provider application, the provider application comprising second computer-executable instructions and second code that conduct the service provider machine's portion of the dialogue; and receiving, at the terminal machine, a terminal dialogue module that replaces at least a portion of the first code to produce first updated code, wherein the first updated code adapts the terminal application to display a second prompt for the terminal machine's portion of a modified dialogue sequence with the service provider machine.