Method and apparatus for redundancy in an ATM using hot swap hardware underlying a virtual machine
US9514011B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/815
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing redundancy in an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) is provided. Application software may be run on top of a virtual environment such as a virtual machine and/or a virtual disk environment. Should a software component fail, the virtual environment will “crash” but the ATM hardware and operating system will remain intact. If the software is fatally flawed—e.g., due to a faulty “upgrade” the older version may be “rolled back” from a previously stored virtual environment.
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