Patent ID: 7494053

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine including: at least one computer; at least one output device in operative connection with the at least one computer; a plurality of user accessible devices that each include a respective indicator device that includes a respective proximity sensor thereon, wherein each user accessible device, indicator device, and proximity sensor is in operative connection with the at least one computer, wherein each proximity sensor is operative to detect when at least one portion of a machine user is adjacent the respective proximity sensor, wherein each indicator device includes a plurality of LEDs that are operative to emit visible light, wherein the user accessible devices include a cash dispenser and a card reader; wherein during a portion of a transaction that involves use of a first one of the user accessible devices and does not involve use of a second one of the user accessible devices, the at least one computer is operative to: cause a first indicator device included with the first user accessible device to repeatedly flash the LEDs of the first indicator device; cause the at least one computer to be operative responsive to a first proximity sensor included with the first indicator device detecting at least one portion of the machine user adjacent the the first user accessible device, to cause at least one audio output corresponding to the first user accessible device to be outputted through the at least one output device; not cause a second indicator device included with the second user accessible device to repeatedly flash the LEDs of the second indicator device; and not cause the at least one computer to be operative responsive to a second proximity sensor included with the second indicator device detecting at least one portion of the machine user adjacent the second user accessible device, to cause at least one audio output corresponding to the second user accessible device to be outputted through the at least one output device.