Patent ID: 8548911

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer readable media having code stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, facilitates a method of supporting a disaster-relief effort in a locale impacted by an event that impairs locale-infrastructure, said supporting provided by an entity in coordination with an agency with authority over the locale, the method comprising: activating an entity-associated mobile platform in the locale in response to the event, the platform equipped to provide secure services for banking, data-handling and communications, the secure services for banking comprising providing access through a platform-provided automated teller machine (“ATM”) to an account maintained by the entity for an accountholder; designating a service to be provided in the locale by the entity, the service designated in coordination with the agency, wherein, when the service is a banking service, the service comprises an offer of disbursement of accountholder funds, including providing cash-in-hand via the ATM; receiving a request from a locale-associated client for the service; authenticating the client, wherein, when the service is a banking service, the client is the accountholder; providing the service to the client through the platform; and providing a platform-based communication hub for a locale associated business, the hub in communication with a remote communicating unit activated by the entity on behalf of the business, the remote communication unit enabling, at a site of the business, an electronic merchant activity, the activity comprising card-transaction processing and/or business-to-business internet connectivity.