Patent ID: 7631802

Claim:
A method of operating an automated banking machine responsive to data bearing records, comprising: (a) receiving a paper check with a check accepting device in operative correction with an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine includes at least one computer, at least one reader device, and a cash dispenser, wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause the at least one reader device to read data from at least one data bearing record corresponding to a financial account of a user operating the machine, wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause data read by the at least one reader device to be compared with information in a data store in determining whether the user is authorized to carry out a cash dispense transaction involving the cash dispenser based on the data read from at least one data bearing record and the information in the data store having a predetermined relationship, and wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause the cash dispenser to dispense cash to an authorized user and to cause a financial account of an authorized user to be assessed an amount corresponding to cash dispensed; (b) generating image data corresponding to a visual appearance of at least a portion of the check received in step (a) through operation of the automated banking machine; (c) generating at least one authenticity feature through operation of the automated banking machine, wherein the at least one authenticity feature does not correspond to a visual appearance of the check received in step (a), and wherein the at least one authenticity feature is usable to determine that the image data has not been modified; and (d) including the at least one authenticity feature generated in step (c) with the image data generated in step (b) through operation of the automated banking machine.