Patent ID: 7934643

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine including: a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read indicia on cards corresponding to at least one of a corresponding user and a financial account; a keypad including a plurality of manually actuatable keys; a display; a cash dispenser; at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with at least one of the card reader, the keypad, and the cash dispenser, wherein the at least one processor is operative independent of user input to the machine, to cause at least one authentication signal to be operatively communicated between the at least one processor and the display, wherein the at least one authentication signal is indicative of at least one of the display and the at least one processor comprising an authorized component authorized to operate in the automated banking machine; wherein responsive to the at least one authentication signal being absent, at least one of the display and the at least one processor does not carry out at least one function.