Patent ID: 8146801

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) determining through operation of at least one processor in an automated banking machine, wherein the machine includes at least one data reader operable to read user data usable to identify a financial account, a display, and a cash dispenser, wherein the machine is operable to carry out a transaction involving a financial account that corresponds to user data read by the at least one data reader, responsive to operative communication of at least one authorization signal between the at least one processor and the display, wherein the at least one authorization signal includes a first authorization signal communicated by the at least one processor to the display, and a second authorization signal communicated from the display to the at least one processor, wherein at least a portion of one of the first authorization signal and the second authorization signal, is a function of at least a portion of a serial number associated with at least one of the at least one processor and the display, that at least one of the display and the at least one processor is an authorized component authorized to operate in the automated banking machine; (b) responsive to the determination in (a), causing the automated banking machine to carry out at least one transaction function responsive to operation of the at least one processor, wherein the at least one transaction function includes providing at least one visible output through the display.