Flexible configuration automatic teller machine

US6206284A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Citicorp Development Center, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Cuong D. Do · Calabasas, US
• Avery Bairamian · Glendale, US
• Xuan S. Bui · Culver City, US
• Joe Butryn · Los Angeles, US
• Edward M. R. Dudasik · Calabasas, US
• Marc Guzman · West Hollywood, US
• Nhut Trung Ha · Los Angeles, US
• Mohammed Noshad Khan · Simi Valley, US
• Mitsuru Tamura · Gardena, US
• Randal H. Yokomoto · Torrance, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2001
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F19/201
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An automated bank teller machine (ATM) is provided which is characteristically easy to configure, regardless of whether a replenish-from-the-front (RFTF) configuration or a replenish-from-the-rear (RFTR) configuration is chosen. In particular, the ATM according to the present invention includes a security chest module, a top module, and an interface module. These components are common to both configurations can be built and stored in advance, and can be thereafter configured as desired. In another embodiment, an ATM is provided that permits more than one customer to use the ATM at the same time.