Patent ID: 7967191
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) determining through operation of at least one processor associated with an automated banking machine that operates to allow a user to request a transaction responsive at least in part to a computer determined positive comparison of information read from a card by a card reader and identification information corresponding to an authorized user of the card, responsive at least in part to at least one sensor in the machine, that a note holding container in operative connection with a note acceptor in the automated banking machine is in a near empty condition, (b) through operation of the at least one processor, determining a quantity corresponding to a plurality of notes that can be removed from the container; (c) determining through operation of the at least one processor, a further quantity corresponding to a plurality of notes that would be removed from the container in completing a note dispensing transaction being requested by a user at the machine; (d) comparing through operation of the at least one processor, the quantity and the further quantity; and (e) causing through operation of the at least one processor, operation of the machine, responsive at least in part to the comparison in (d).