EP1030495A2
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Pre-navigate bean (including testing for download speed in determining whether to access HTTP records)
Assignee: Diebold Nixdorf Inc
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Filing: 1999-04-30
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-04-30
Abstract
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,) in a wide area network (18). The banking machine includes a computer having an HTML document handling portion. The HTML document handling portion is operative to communicate through a proxy server, with a home HTTP server in the intranet or the foreign servers in the wide area network. The computer further includes a device application portion which interfaces with the HTML document handling portion and dispatches messages to operate devices in the automated banking machine. The devices include a sheet dispenser mechanism which dispenses currency as well as other transaction devices. The device application portion communicates with a device interfacing software portion in the banking machine through a device server 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 the user's card corresponding to a system address. The computer is operative to connect the banking machine to the home or foreign server corresponding to the system address, which connected server operates the banking machine until the completion of transactions by the user.
Inventors
- 👤 Jay Paul Drummond
- 👤 Dale Blackson
- 👤 Bob A Cichon
- 👤 Mark A Moales
- 👤 Mark D Smith
- 👤 Joseph C Ess
- 👤 David W Weis
- 👤 James Church
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:04
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/04; G06Q20/042; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/18; G07; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20; G07F19/201; G07F19/206; G07F19/211; H; H04; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/02; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
68 words
A method comprising the steps of: (a) checking to determine whether a document address is
operative to enable transferring at least one HTTP
record corresponding to the address, with a computer,
operating in an automated banking machine; and (b) responsive to determining with the computer program in
step (a) that the address is operative, transferring the
one HTTP record to the computer operating in the
automated banking machine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein in step (a) the HTTP
record includes an HTML document and wherein step (b) includes accessing
the HTML document with a browser operative in the computer of the
automated banking machine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein responsive to
determining in step (a) that the address is not operative, step (b) is not
executed, and further comprising the step of: (c) responsive to determining in step (a) that the address is
not operative, transferring at least one alternative HTTP
record to the computer from an alternative address.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method according to claim 3 and prior to the step (c)
further comprising the step of: (d) checking to determine whether the alternative address is
operative to enable transferring the at least one
alternative HTTP record with the computer operating in
the machine, wherein step (c) is executed responsive to
determining that the alternative address is operative.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
The method according to claim 3 wherein the computer in the
banking machine is in operative connection with a memory, and wherein the
alternative address corresponds to address data stored in the memory, and
prior to step (c) further comprising the step of accessing with the computer the
address data stored in the memory, and using the address data to determine the
alternative address used in step (c).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method according to claim 3, and prior to step (c) further
comprising the steps of: (d) responsive to determining with the computer in step (a)
that the address is not operative, accessing a further
HTTP record with the computer, wherein the further
HTTP record includes address data; and (e) determining with the computer the alternative address
from the address data in the further HTTP record.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the automated
banking machine includes a sheet dispenser, and wherein the one HTTP record
includes a dispense instruction, and further comprising the step of: (c) dispensing at least one sheet with the sheet dispenser
responsive to the dispense instruction in the one-HTTP
record accessed in step (b).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the automated
banking machine includes a transaction function device, and wherein the one
HTTP record includes a device instruction, and further comprising the step of: (c) operating the transaction function device responsive to
the device instruction in the one HTTP record accessed
in step (b).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
94 words
The method according to claim 8 and wherein the one HTTP
record includes data corresponding to a signature, and wherein the computer is
in operative connection with a memory, wherein the memory includes
signature data corresponding to at least one signature, and prior to step (c)
further comprising the step of: (d) comparing the signature in the one HTTP record and the
signature data in the memory with the computer, and
executing step (c) responsive to the signature in the one
HTTP record having a predetermined relationship to the
signature data stored in memory.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
22 words
The method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein step (a) includes
making a socket connection with a remote server.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
Computer software operating an automated banking machine in
accordance with the method recited in any one of the preceding claims.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
38 words
The method according to any one of the preceding claims and prior to completion of
step (b) further comprising the step of: (c) determining a transfer speed at which the one HTTP
record is transferable to the computer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method according to claim 12 and further comprising the
steps of: (d) comparing data corresponding to the transfer to data
representative of a speed value stored in memory with the
computer; and (e) responsive to the results of the comparison in step (d),
transferring at least one alternative HTTP record to the
computer from an alternative address.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
127 words
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine including: at least one transaction function device; a computer in operative connection with the transaction
function device, wherein the computer is operative to
transfer at least one HTTP record at a document address
to the computer, and wherein the at least one record includes
at least one device instruction, wherein the computer operates
the transaction function device responsive to the device
instruction included in the at least one record, and wherein,
prior to transferring the at least one HTTP record, the computer
is operative to determine if the record address is operative to
enable accessing the at least one
record, and wherein the computer operates to transfer
the at least one HTTP record responsive to
determining that the address is operative.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
The apparatus according to claim 14 wherein the computer
includes a browser, and wherein the at least one HTTP record includes
an HTML document, and wherein the computer operates to transfer the HTML
document by accessing the document with the browser.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
60 words
The apparatus according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the computer is
operative, responsive to determining that the address is not
operative,to determine an alternative record address, and further comprising at
least one alternative HTTP record including device instructions is accessible at
the alternative address, and wherein the computer is operative to access the
at least one alternative HTTP record.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
65 words
The apparatus according to claim 16 wherein the computer is
further operative prior to the computer accessing the at least one alternative HTTP
record to determine if the alternative address is operative to
enable accessing the at least one alternative HTTP record, and wherein the computer
operates to transfer the at least one alternative HTTP record responsive to determining that
the alternative address is operative.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
53 words
The apparatus according to any one of claims 14 to 17 and further comprising a server,
and wherein the at least one HTTP record is accessible through the server, and wherein the computer
is operative, prior to operating to access the at least one HTTP record. to determine if the server is
operative.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
44 words
The apparatus according to claim 16 and further comprising a
memory wherein the computer is in operative connection with the memory,
and wherein the memory includes address data, and wherein the computer is
operative to determine the alternative address responsive to the address data.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
58 words
The apparatus according to claim 19 wherein the address data
corresponds to a further HTTP record, and wherein the computer is operative
to access the further HTTP record, and wherein the further HTTP record
includes address instructions corresponding to the alternative address, and
wherein the computer is operative to determine the
alternative address responsive to the address instructions.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
46 words
The apparatus according to any one of claims 14 to 20 wherein the transaction
function device includes a sheet dispenser, and wherein the sheet dispenser is
operative to dispense at least one sheet responsive to the device instruction
included in the at least one HTTP record.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
38 words
The apparatus according to any one of claims 14 to 21 and wherein the computer
is operative
to determine a value corresponding to a transfer speed for
transfer of the at least one HTTP record to the computer.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
80 words
The apparatus according to claim 22 when not appended to claim 16 and further comprising a
memory in operative connection with the computer, and wherein the
computer is operative to compare the transfer speed to
data representative of a value stored in memory, and wherein the computer is
operative to access all alternative HTTP record responsive to a result of the
comparison, whereby an alternative record may be accessed responsive to the
at least one HTTP record transferring too slowly.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
46 words
The apparatus according to claim 22 or 23 wherein the computer is
operative to determine a file size corresponding to the at least
one HTTP record and a transfer rate, and wherein the transfer speed is
determined responsive to the file size and the transfer rate.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus according to claim 24 wherein the one HTTP
record includes an HTML document.
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