Patent ID: 7721951

Claim:
A card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine comprising: at least one computer; a card reader in operative connection with the at least one computer; a cash dispenser in operative connection with the at least one computer, wherein the cash dispenser includes at least one input device, wherein the at least one input device is operative to receive an input through manual operation of the at least one input device; a safe, wherein the safe includes a door movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to an opening into the safe, wherein at least a portion of the cash dispenser is located within the safe, wherein the at least one input device of the cash dispenser is located within the safe, wherein when the door of the safe is in the open position, the at least one input device is capable of being manually operated, wherein the at least one computer is located in the machine outside the safe, wherein the cash dispenser is responsive to an input received through manual operation of the input device carried out within the safe to cause the cash dispenser to accept data received from the least one computer by the cash dispenser for use with authenticating communications received by the cash dispenser from the at least one computer, wherein when the door is in the closed position, the cash dispenser is operative to authenticate at least one communication received from the at least one computer using the accepted data, wherein the cash dispenser is operative to dispense cash responsive to the at least one authenticated communication received from the at least one computer.