Patent ID: 7513419

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated transaction machine including: a housing; at least one output device in operatively supported connection with the housing, wherein the at least one output device includes a display; at least one first input device in operatively supported connection with the housing, wherein the at least one first input device is operative to read card data presented by a user of the machine, and wherein the at least one first input device is operative to receive at least one first input which identifies a source of monetary value usable in payment by the machine user; at least one second input device in operatively supported connection with the housing, wherein the at least one second input device is operative to receive: at least one second input corresponding to at least one food item selected for purchase by the machine user, wherein the at least one food item has an associated cost, and at least one third input corresponding to an amount of cash requested by the machine user in a cash withdrawal transaction; a cash dispenser in supporting connection with the housing; at least one computer in operative connection with the at least one output device, the at least one first input device, the at least one second input device, and the cash dispenser, wherein the at least one computer is operative responsive to communication with at least one remote computer to: cause the cash dispenser during the cash withdrawal transaction to dispense the amount of cash requested by the machine user to the machine user, cause a charge corresponding to both the cost associated with the at least one food item selected and the amount of cash requested in the cash withdrawal transaction to be assessed against the identified source of monetary value, and provide at least one output through the at least one output device informing the machine user to pick up the at least one food item selected at a food pick up station disposed from the machine.