Patent ID: 8949310
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A client application used in a self-service terminal including a processor, and a control application controlling communication with a host, presentation of information on a display in a sequence of screens as part of a transaction flow, and response to user keystrokes, the client application including a set of instructions executable by the processor, the client application comprising: a service provider server interface communicating with a service provider server to retrieve information for presentation to a user of the terminal, said communicating occurring concurrently during presentation of the sequence of screens; a control application interface communicating with the control application executed on the self-service terminal; and the service provider server interface and the control application interface controlling communication between the control application and the service provider server for controlling of presentation of information to the control application by exposing information in a pre-defined format which takes the form of properties thereby preserving the ability of the control application to determine what information should be presented based on the exposed properties, and enabling the control application to retain full control of what information is displayed and the format in which information is displayed.