Patent ID: 7617971

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine including: a housing; at least one currency dispenser operatively supported by the housing; at least one input device operatively supported by the housing, wherein the at least one input device includes at least one of a card reader and a keypad; at least one output device operatively supported by the housing, wherein the at least one output device includes at least one display device; at least one communication interface operatively supported by the housing; at least one processor in the housing; at least one software component including instructions that are executed by the at least one processor; at least one data store in the housing, wherein the at least one data store includes data corresponding to at least one condition of at least one of: the at least one currency dispenser, the at least one input device, the at least one output device, and the at least one software component; wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with the at least one currency dispenser, the at least one input device, the at least one output device the at least one data store, and the at least one communication interface; wherein the at least one processor is operative to: cause the automated banking machine to generate an encrypted first data message corresponding to the at least one condition; cause the automated banking machine to communicate the encrypted first data message through the at least one communication interface to at least one remote computer disposed away from the automated banking machine; cause the automated banking machine to receive from the remote computer through the at least one communication interface an encrypted second data message corresponding to at least one remedial action, wherein the at least one remedial action corresponds to the at least one condition; and cause the automated banking machine to decrypt the encrypted second data message.