Patent ID: 7840485

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) receiving from a user, user data applicative to identity at least one of the user and a user account, through at least one input device of an automated banking machine including a cash dispenser; (b) receiving during a check transaction, at least one check into the machine from the user; (c) reading visible indicia on the check through operation of the machine; (d) determining check data corresponding to at least a portion of the indicia through operation of the machine; (e) sending at least one first message including data corresponding to the check data and the user data through operation of the machine to at least one first remote computer, wherein the at least one first remote computer is located remotely from the machine, wherein the at least one first remote computer includes a transaction host, and wherein the at least one first remote computer is configured to both generate transaction identifying data and authorize the machine to accept the check; (f) receiving with the machine from the at least one first remote computer, at least one second message, wherein the at least one second message includes transaction identifying data generated by the at least one first remote computer, wherein the transaction identifying data received includes a transaction host-generated transaction identifier designated to uniquely identify the check transaction; (g) generating image data corresponding to visual appearance of at least a portion of the check through operation of the machine; and (h) subsequent to (f), sending through operation of the machine in associated relation, at least a portion of the image data generated in (g) and the transaction identifier received in (f), to at least one second remote computer that is located remotely from the machine and that differs from the at least one first remote computer.