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 system for modifying one or more terminal machines and one or more service provider machines, the system comprising:
one or more update server machines comprising a processor and operable for sending a terminal dialogue module to a respective terminal machine and a provider dialogue module to a respective service provider machine to allow the terminal machine and the service provider machine to conduct a dialogue sequence with each other; wherein the terminal machine is configured to run a terminal application that conducts the terminal machine's portion of the dialogue sequence with the service provider machine, wherein the terminal application comprises a first set of computer-executable instructions and a first set of code, wherein the first set of computer-executable instructions are able to execute directly on a terminal processor of the terminal machine, and wherein the first set of code is not able to execute directly on the terminal processor; wherein the service provider machine is configured to run a provider application that conducts the service provider machine's portion of the dialogue sequence with the terminal machine, wherein the provider application comprises a second set of computer-executable instructions and a second set of code, wherein the second set of computer-executable instructions are able to execute directly on a provider processor of the service provider machine, and wherein the second set of code is not able to execute directly on the provider processor; and wherein the terminal dialogue module modifies the first set of code to produce a first set of updated code, wherein the provider dialogue module modifies the second set of code to produce a second set of updated code, wherein the terminal dialogue module does not modify the first set of computer-executable instructions and wherein the provider dialogue module does not modify the second set of computer-executable instructions, wherein the first set of updated code adapts the terminal application to use a modified dialogue sequence with the service provider machine, and wherein the second set of updated code adapts the provider application to use the modified dialogue sequence with the terminal machine.