Patent ID: 8157163

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) receiving user data usable to identify a user account, through at least one input device of an automated banking machine, wherein the machine includes a card reader, wherein at least some of the user data is received through operation of the card reader reading data from a user card; (b) receiving a check into the machine from a user of the machine; (c) generating image data corresponding to visual appearance of at least a portion of the check through operation of the machine; (d) reading visible indicia on the check through operation of the machine; (e) determining check data corresponding to at least a portion of the indicia through operation of the machine; (f) sending at least one first message including data corresponding to the check data and the user data through operation of the machine to a transaction host, wherein the at least one first message does not include the image data generated in (c); (g) receiving with the machine from the transaction host responsive to the at least one first message sent in (e), at least one second message, wherein the at least one second message includes transaction identifying data and transaction authorization data; (h) subsequent to (g), operating the machine to cause the image data generated in (c) and the transaction identifying data received in (g) to be communicated independent of the transaction host through at least one network to a check image server associated with check processing, wherein the check image server differs from the transaction host.