Patent ID: 8191770

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) operating at least one computer of a banking system that includes an automated banking machine that comprises at least one reader operable to read user data corresponding to at least one of a machine user and a financial account, to receive from at least one remote address, communication that includes at least one instruction capable of causing the machine to operate the at least one reader, wherein the machine includes: at least one output device including at least one display, at least one cash dispenser operable to cause currency notes to be dispensed from the machine, wherein the at least one computer: is operable to communicate with a remote financial transaction host, is operable to allow a machine user to request a cash dispense transaction responsive at least in part to user data read by the at least one reader corresponding to authorized machine user data stored in at least one data store, is operable to cause transfer of funds from a financial account associated with cash dispensed by the at least one cash dispenser, is operable to receive communications from different remote addresses, and is associated with programming operable to screen the received communications; wherein the at least one computer includes programming operable to determine which received communications are permitted to cause the machine to operate the at least one cash dispenser; and (b) operating the at least one computer responsive at least in part to the communication received in (a), to either: (bi) cause operation of the at least one reader, responsive at least in part to the at least one instruction being received from at least one first address; or (bii) prevent operation of the at least one reader, responsive at least in part to the at least one instruction being received from at least one second address; wherein the at least one computer is operable to perform each of (bi) and (bii).