Automated banking machine that operates responsive to data bearing records
View Patent ↗An automated banking machine operates to carry out financial transfers responsive to data read form data bearing records. The machine includes a card reader that operates to read data from user cards. The card data corresponds to financial accounts. The automated banking machine further includes a cash dispenser. The machine is operative to dispense cash to an authorized user based on identifying data including card data, and to cause a financial transfer from an account corresponding to card data through communication with at least one remote computer. The machine is operative to acquire data usable to configure a computer in the machine produce an audio signal including verbal information through the headphone port. The verbal information conveys the location of a user accessible portion of the at least one transaction function device.
1. An automated banking machine that operates responsive to data read from data bearing records to cause financial transactions, comprising:
a plurality of hardware devices, each including a user accessible portion that is accessible to a user operating the automated banking machine, wherein the hardware devices include:
a headphone port;
a plurality of transaction function devices including:
a card reader operative to read card data on user cards corresponding to financial accounts;
a cash dispenser; and
a key pad;
at least one computer in operative connection with the at least one headphone port and the plurality of transaction function devices;
at least one data store that includes data indicative of relative locations of the user accessible portions of a plurality of the hardware devices; and
a sound configuration software component operative in the at least one computer to acquire from the data store data indicative of a location of a user accessible portion of at least one of the transaction function devices in the automated banking machine, wherein the sound configuration software component is operative in the at least one computer responsive to the acquired data to configure the at least one computer to output audio signals including verbal information through the headphone port, which verbal information conveys the location of the user accessible portion of the at least one transaction function device to a user using the automated banking machine.
2. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one transaction function device for which verbal information regarding the location of the user accessible portion is conveyed, includes the cash dispenser.
3. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one transaction function device for which verbal information regarding the location of the user accessible portion is conveyed, includes the card reader.
4. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one transaction function device for which verbal information regarding the location of the user accessible portion is conveyed, includes the keypad.
5. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the sound configuration software component is operative in the at least one computer responsive to the acquired data to configure the at least one computer to output audio signals including verbal information through the headphone port, which verbal information conveys the location of the user accessible portion of the at least one transaction function device relative to a second location on the automated banking machine.
6. The machine according to claim 5 , wherein the second location corresponds to a user accessible location of one of the hardware devices.
7. The machine according to claim 6 , wherein the automated banking machine includes a display screen, wherein the second location corresponds to a location of the display screen.
8. The machine according to claim 7 , wherein the sound configuration software component is operative to store the data indicative of the relative locations of the user accessible portions of the plurality of the transaction function devices in the data store, which stored data is acquired by the sound configuration software component from a user through operation of an input device of the automated banking machine.
9. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the sound configuration software component is operative in the at least one computer to acquire further data indicative of a type of the at least one transaction function device, wherein the sound configuration software component is operative in the at least one computer responsive to the acquired further data to configure the at least one computer to output audio signals including verbal information through the headphone port, which verbal information conveys how to use the type of the at least one device.
10. The machine according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one transaction function device includes a card reader, wherein the sound configuration software component is operative to configure the at least one computer responsive to the further acquired data to convey how to use a card reader of a type corresponding to at least one of an insert reader, a swipe reader, a vertical DIP reader, and a horizontal DIP reader.
11. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the sound configuration software component is operative to store the data indicative of the location of the user accessible portion of the at least one transaction function device in the data store, which stored data is acquired by the sound configuration software component from a user through operation of an input device of the automated banking machine.
12. Computer readable media bearing computer executable instructions of a sound configuration software component operative to cause at least one computer in an automated banking machine that includes a plurality of hardware devices that include a headphone port and a plurality of transaction function devices, and that operates to cause financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records, to carry out a method comprising:
a) acquiring from a data store in the automated banking machine that includes data indicative of relative locations of user accessible portions of a plurality of the hardware devices, data indicative of a location of a user accessible portion of at least one of the transaction function devices in the automated banking machine, wherein the transaction function devices include: a card reader operative to read card data on user cards corresponding to financial accounts; a cash dispenser; and a key pad;
b) responsive to the acquired data, configuring the at least one computer to output audio signals including verbal information through the headphone port, which verbal information conveys the location of the user accessible portion of the at least one transaction function device to a user using the automated banking machine.
13. The computer readable media according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the hardware devices includes at least one input device, comprising:
c) prior to (a), receiving inputs from a user through operation of the at least one input device, which inputs indicate the relative locations of user accessible portions of the plurality of the hardware devices
d) responsive to (c), storing in the data store the data indicative of the relative locations of user accessible portions of the plurality of the hardware devices.