Patent ID: 6489935
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A system for displaying a message on automated transaction devices with a screen, where in periods of time or areas of the screen which are not used in connection with any ongoing transaction. the screen is employed for displaying a message, comprising:one or more central units and one or more local units, and wherein each local unit includes means for controlling display of information messages on one or more automated transaction devices and is permanently or connectably coupled to at least one central unit, wherein at least one central unit comprises an information database which contains the information messages that are to be displayed, said information messages being independent of the ongoing transaction, at least one central unit contains specified conditions for when and how each information message in the information database should be displayed, at last one central unit comprises means for transferring said information messages, the local units comprise means for retrieving context information comprising means for determining the identity of a user of the automated transaction device, or at least for retrieving pre-defined information about said user, and optionally means for retrieving other data concerning the surroundings, together with means for recording and storing statistical data concerning the use of the automated transaction devices and the presentations of the messages, the local units comprise means for transferring such data to one or more central units, and means for selecting which of the available information messages should be displayed at any time by comparing said retrieved data with said specification for each individual information message.