Automated teller machine (“ATM”) software recovery

1. A method for performing software recovery at an automated teller machine (“ATM”) during a remote robotic installation of a software update, the method comprising:

receiving a compressed software stack at the ATM, the software stack comprising three layers:

a windows operating system;

a device control layer; and

a user interface layer;

activating an update initiation engine, said update initiation engine configured to:

erase unnecessary files from the ATM hard drive;

explode the software stack into a plurality of files;

unpack and place the plurality of files in the desired locations on the hard drive;

implement an entity security policy; and

implement a specific policy associated with the ATM;

performing a sequence of initiation steps included in an XML file, said XML file included in the plurality of files;

upon completion of each initiation step, writing, as a result of an instruction from the XML file, a log statement into a log file included in the plurality of files;

upon determination that a new entry was written into the log file more than thirty minutes before a current time and that the new entry is not a final entry, defining a midstream ATM stall;

upon definition of a midstream ATM stall, launching an internal recovery system;

comparing, utilizing a regular expression comparison algorithm included in the internal recovery system, the new entry to a midstream ATM stall action table, and based on the comparing determining a recovery action to perform in order to rectify the midstream ATM stall; and

performing the determined recovery action.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined recovery action comprises re activating the update initiation engine.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined recovery action comprises rebooting the ATM.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining unimpeded control of the ATM includes locking components of the ATM from a servicer.

5. The method of claim I further comprising saving the compressed software stack in an inert state on an ATM hard drive.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein, prior to activating the update initiation engine, the method comprises obtaining unimpeded control of the ATM.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to activating the update initiation engine, the method comprises hooting the ATM into a windows pre-installation environment (“PE”) operating system from a random access memory (“RAM”) included in the ATM.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising monitoring, by a standalone windows service, for new entries in the log file.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the log statement is dynamically generated.

10. An apparatus for performing software recovery at an automated teller machine (“ATM”) during a remote robotic installation of a software update, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver, at the ATM, configured to receive a compressed software stack, the software stack comprising:

a windows operating system;

a device control layer; and

a user interface layer;

a processor, at the ATM, configured to:

activate an update initiation engine;

the update initiation engine configured to:

erase unnecessary files from the ATM hard drive;

explode the software stack into a plurality of tiles;

unpack and place the plurality of files in the desired location on the hard drive;

implement an entity security policy; and

implement a specific policy associated with the ATM;

the processor further configured to:

perform a sequence of initiation steps included in an XML file, said XML file included in the plurality of files;

upon completion of each initiation step, write, as a result of an instruction included in the XML file, a log statement into a log file included in the plurality of files;

a standalone windows service configured to:

determine that a new entry was written into the log file more than thirty minutes prior to a current time;

determine that the new entry is not a final entry;

detect a midstream ATM stall; and

launch an internal recovery system;

the internal recovery system configured to:

compare, utilizing a regular expression comparison algorithm included in the internal recovery system, the new entry to a midstream ATM stall action table;

determine, based on the comparing, a recovery action to perform in order to rectify the midstream ATM stall; and

perform the determined recovery action.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the determined recovery action comprises re activating the update initiation engine.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the determined recovery action comprises rebooting the ATM.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the obtaining unimpeded control of the ATM includes locking components of the ATM from use by a servicer.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to store the compressed software stack in an inert state on an ATM hard drive.

15. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein upon obtaining unimpeded control of the ATM, boot the ATM into a windows pre-installation environment (“PE”) operating system from a random access memory (“RAM”) included in the ATM.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the standalone web service is further configured to monitor the log file for new entries.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the entries written to the log file are dynamic.