Patent ID: 9710796
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G07F,H04L,Y04S

Claim:
1. A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions encoded thereon for execution by a processor, and when executed by a processor are operable to: instruct a transaction function device to perform an operation in conjunction with a financial transaction involving the transaction function device that uses electrical power during operation; determine an amount of power required to carry out the operation of the transaction function device prior performing the operation, determine, prior to performing the operation, whether a power supply providing power to the transaction function device has sufficient capacity to deliver the amount of power required to carry out the operation; and cause the operation to occur responsive at least in part to the determining that the power supply can deliver the amount of power; wherein instructions are operable to cause a terminal processor associated with an automated banking machine to communicate, prior to performing the operation, a first message to a device processor associated with the transaction function device, the first message comprises data representative of the operation, wherein prior to performing the operation, the instructions are operable to cause the device processor, responsive at least in part to the first message, to communicate a second message to a power controller processor, the second message corresponds to at least one of a group consisting of an operation and an amount of power required to perform the operation; and wherein the transaction function device is selected from a group consisting of a cash acceptor, a cash recycler, a check acceptor, a cash dispenser, a display, a printer, and an envelope depository.