Patent ID: 7448535

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine, wherein the machine includes a control system, a cash dispenser, a display screen, and at least one input device, wherein the control system includes at least one computer, wherein the at least one input device includes at least one reader device, wherein the at least one reader device includes a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read identifying data from a user card, wherein the at least one reader device includes a biometric reader, wherein the biometric reader is operative to receive identifying data from a machine user, wherein the control system is operative to cause identifying data to be compared with information in a data store, wherein a customer is authorized to use the machine responsive to correspondence between identifying data and data store information, wherein the machine permits an authorized customer to reallocate money among various financial accounts, wherein the machine includes at least one currency cassette, wherein the at least one cassette is configured to hold currency therein, wherein the at least one cassette includes programmable memory, wherein the memory includes data representative of at least one characteristic of the cassette, wherein the at least one cassette is operative to transmit the data to the control system via RF signal transmission.