Patent ID: 8078912
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G07F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A self-service terminal comprising: a pc core; at least one module coupled to the pc core; a control application executing on the pc core for controlling the operation of the terminal; and a management application executing on the pc core and arranged to (i) monitor state of health of the pc core, the control application, and the at least one module, (ii) detect a fault state at any of the pc core, the control application, and the at least one module, and upon detection of the fault (iii) obtain operating information from the control application (iv) access a rules engine including conditions associated with a filter criterion, (v) compare the operating information to the conditions in the rules engine to ascertain if at least one of the conditions is satisfied, and (vi) transmit a fault signal from the terminal only if none of the conditions are satisfied.