Patent ID: 7717327
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. A controlling, monitoring and managing system applied in banking self-service equipment, the system ( 1 ) comprising, inside each of the bank automatic teller terminals ( 2 ) associated to a given set of ATMs, a Local Management Device ( 3 ) interconnected by means of a Local Server ( 4 ) to a Control, Monitoring and Management Center ( 5 ) responsible for the general management of the system and provided with a Safety Module ( 6 ); Consoles operable to control, monitor and manage the system ( 7 ); a command panel ( 8 ) whereby service personnel service the ATM, provided in the rear portion of terminal ( 2 ), equipped with an interface for communication with the Local Management Device ( 3 ) provided inside said terminal ( 2 ) as well as with the Control, Monitoring and Management Center ( 5 ) and with the Local Consoles for Control, Monitoring and Management ( 7 ); said command panel ( 8 ) is provided with keyboard ( 9 ), LCD display ( 10 ), magnetic card or smart card reader ( 11 ), fingerprint reader ( 12 ), and biometric data comparator using one or more biometric data of the service personnel (iris, face, fingerprint, voice) previously recorded in a database for comparison at the moment of performing a desired system servicing operation by said service personnel; internally, the command panel ( 8 ) is provided with a Cryptography Module ( 13 ) responsible for the transformation of the input data into low-level language (hardware) for future codification and decoding by the system (software); the system ( 1 ) is also provided with a unique physical switch for each set of ATM terminals, each unique switch being used in all ATM terminals ( 2 ) associated to that respective set, and the switches of the various sets are differentiated from each other in order to relate each one always to its respective set.