Patent ID: 8181859

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated transaction machine associated with a home transaction system, wherein the automated transaction machine includes at least one reader, wherein the at least one reader is operable to communicate with at least one software component executing in a virtual machine operating in a computer which is both remotely located from the automated transaction machine and operable to carry out HTTP communication with the automated transaction machine, wherein the at least one reader is operable to receive from the at least one software component, at least one received communication which causes the at least one reader to operate to both read user data provided by a machine user, which includes data associated with a financial account, and provide to the at least one software component in at least one provided communication that is receivable by the at least one software component, the user data read, wherein the automated transaction machine includes at least one display screen, wherein the automated transaction machine is operable to display a home user interface of the home transaction system through the at least one display screen, responsive at least in part to the at least one reader reading data associated with a financial account held at the home transaction system, wherein the home user interface of the home transaction system includes user-selectable financial transaction options, wherein the automated transaction machine is operable to display different user interfaces, each of which is a respective home user interface of a respective outside transaction system which differs from the home transaction system, wherein the automated transaction machine is operable to display a home user interface of a respective outside transaction system through the at least one display screen, responsive at least in part to the at least one reader reading data associated with a financial account held at the respective outside transaction system, wherein the home user interface of the respective outside transaction system includes user-selectable transaction options, wherein the home user interface of the respective outside transaction system visually differs from the home user interface of the home transaction system.