Automated banking machine apparatus and system

US7567924B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• DIEBOLD, INC. · US

Inventors

• Jay Paul Drummond · Massillon, US
• Dale H. Blackson · Highland Heights, US
• Lilei Chen · North Canton, US
• Bob A. Cichon · Massillon, US
• Mark S. Covert · Canton, US
• Bradrick Q. Lepper · Fort Wayne, US
• Mark A. Moales · North Canton, US
• Mark D. Smith · Panama City, US
• Robert J. Lemley · Hewitt, US
• Michael E. Califf, Jr. · Normal, US
• Shawn D. Joyce · Temple, US
• Phillip S. Moore · Waco, US
• Steven C. Swingler · McGregor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 25, 1997
• Grant date: Jul 28, 2009
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An automated banking machine (12) is operative to conduct transactions in response to HTML documents and TCP/IP messages exchanged with a local computer system (14) through an intranet (16), as well as in response to messages exchanged with foreign servers (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 96) in a wide area network (18). The banking machine includes a computer (34) having an HTML document handling portion (76, 80, 82). The HTML document handling portion is operative to communicate through a proxy server (88), with a home HTTP server (90) in the intranet or the foreign servers in the wide area network. The computer further includes a device application portion (84) which interfaces with the HTML document handling portion and dispatches messages to operate devices (36) in the automated banking machine. The devices include a sheet dispenser mechanism (42) which dispenses currency. The device application portion communicates with a device interfacing software portion (64) in the banking machine through a device server (92) in the intranet. The device server maintains local control over the devices in the banking machine including the sheet dispenser. The banking machine operates to read indicia on…