Patent ID: 8915426
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A self-service terminal comprising: a media dispenser coupled to a control board; a cryptographic memory coupled to the control board; a network connection coupled to the control board; a contact token reader coupled to the control board; a user interface comprising a plurality of lights; and firmware executing on a processor coupled to the control board and operable to (i) read a token presented to the token reader each time the token contacts the token reader, (ii) ascertain a number of times a token reader is presented as part of a single transaction, (iii) create a transaction request including (a) an identifier read from the presented token and (b) an amount of cash requested based on the number of times the token was presented, (iv) encrypt the transaction request using data read from the cryptographic memory, and (v) transmit the encrypted transaction request to a remote authorization server using the network connection.