Patent ID: 11954985
Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a processing system of a first automated teller machine (ATM), the first ATM communicably coupled via an ATM network to a second ATM, and the first ATM having an external network connection separate from the ATM network, wherein the processing system is configured to:
modify, by the processing system responsive to detecting an event indicative of a calamity, a setting of the first ATM from a first mode to a second mode;
receive, by the processing system while the first ATM is in the second mode, a user input to send a message to an address;
transmit, by the processing system, responsive to determining that the external network connection of the first ATM is disconnected, the message to the second ATM via the ATM network, to cause the second ATM to route the message to the address;
receive, by the processing system, a response to the message, the response received via the ATM network from the second ATM and the response originating from a device associated with the address; and
displaying, by the processing system on a user interface of the first ATM, the response to the message while the first ATM is in the second mode.