Patent ID: 7780074

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine, wherein the machine includes a cash dispenser, wherein the machine includes a deposit accepting inlet, wherein the machine is operative to receive at least one check from a machine user via the deposit accepting inlet during a transaction session with the user, wherein the machine includes at least one input device, wherein the machine includes at least one scanning device, wherein the machine includes at least one computer, wherein the at least one computer is in operative connection with the cash dispenser, the at least one input device, and the at least one scanning device, wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause operation of the cash dispenser to dispense cash, wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause the at least one input device to receive at least one identifying input from the machine user during the transaction session, wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause the at least one input device to receive at least one check amount input value from the machine user during the transaction session, wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause the at least one scanning device to scan at least a portion of at least one face of at least one check received from the machine user to produce check image data, wherein the at least one computer, subsequent to the at least one check amount input value being received, causes the transaction session to be closed, wherein the at least one computer, subsequent to causing the transaction session to be closed, causes image data associated with at least one check received into the machine during the transaction session to be analyzed to determine at least one face value associated with the at least one check.