Patent ID: 7195153

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated teller machine (ATM) including a plurality of user interfaces, wherein the ATM enables a cash withdrawal transaction to be requested through each user interface, wherein the ATM is adapted to enable a user at a user interface to request a cash withdrawal transaction from a vehicle in a vehicle drive-up lane, wherein the ATM is operative to carry out a requested cash withdrawal transaction independent of any other transaction, wherein the ATM includes at least one display device, wherein the plurality of user interfaces include at least a first user interface and a second user interface, wherein the first user interface is arranged at a first height, wherein the first user interface is disposed from the second user interface, wherein the ATM includes a controller, wherein the controller is operatively connected to both the first user interface and the second user interface, wherein the controller is operatively connected to a shared currency dispenser, wherein the shared currency dispenser is shared by at least the first user interface and the second user interface, wherein the controller is operative to concurrently carry out both a first cash withdrawal transaction requested from the first user interface and a second cash withdrawal transaction requested from the second user interface, wherein the controller is operative to cause the shared currency dispenser to dispense cash responsive to a cash withdrawal transaction request received at the first user interface, independent of any input received at any other of the user interfaces, wherein the controller is operative to cause the shared currency dispenser to dispense cash responsive to a cash withdrawal transaction request received at the second user interface, independent of any input received at any other of the user interfaces.