Patent ID: 7591414

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) operating an automated banking machine including a card reader, check imaging device, and a cash dispenser, to receive a check in the automated banking machine; (b) producing image data corresponding to a visual image of at least a portion of the check through operation of the check imaging device and at least one processor in the automated banking machine; (c) determining through operation of at least one first software component operating in the at least one processor, character data included in the image data, wherein the character data corresponds to at least one visible character on the check; (d) determining through operation of at least one second software component operating in the at least one processor, at least one character value corresponding to the character data; (e) including data corresponding to the at least one character value in at least one message sent from the automated banking machine to at least one first remote computer, (f) prior to (a), executing at least one starting sequence though operation of the at least one processor, wherein the at least one starting sequence includes loading instructions of at least one first software component and instructions of at least one second software component from at least one data store in the machine to at least one random access memory in operative connection with the at least one processor.