Patent ID: 7819309

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine that operates using data read from user cards, including: a card reader, a cash dispenser, a check imaging device, a user interface, at least one processor in operative connection with the card reader, the cash dispenser, the check imaging device, and the user interface, wherein the at least one processor is operative to: cause generation of image data responsive to operation of the check imaging device, wherein the image data corresponds to a visual image of at least a portion of a check input to the machine, and determine check data corresponding to visual indicia represented in the image data, wherein the at least one processor is operative during a check transaction to cause at least one first transaction message including the check data, to be sent by the machine to a first remote computer, wherein the machine is operative to initially possess remote computer-generated transaction identifying data assigned to the check transaction by receipt from the first remote computer during the check transaction, at least one second transaction message including the transaction identifying data, wherein the transaction identifying data is usable to uniquely identify the check transaction, wherein the at least one processor is operative responsive at least in part to the at least one second transaction message to cause at least one of (i) a transaction output through the user interface indicating a credit to a financial account, and (ii) a cash dispense from the machine through operation of the cash dispenser, and wherein the at least one processor is further operative subsequent to the machine receiving the at least one second transaction message, to cause at least one image message to be sent by the machine to a remote computer, wherein the at least one image message includes both at least a portion of the transaction identifying data received from the first remote computer, and the image data.