US 10,949,821 B1Granted

Forensic assisting and tracing for automated teller machines

AssigneeWells Fargo Bank, N.A.

InventorsRaziq Yaqub, Abhijit Rao

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Abstract

Techniques are described for performing forensic assisting and tracing of transaction data from an automated teller machine (ATM) to detect suspicious activity and potential security threats. The techniques include a forensic assisting and tracing (FAST) ATM configured to intercept data packets including transaction data generated by the ATM; map, store, and index the transaction data; and analyze metadata for the transaction data to generate reports on the operation of the ATM for a higher-level hub server. In some examples, a plurality of FAST ATMs may be networked to the hub server such that the hub server receives reports from each of the individual FAST ATMs and analyzes the reports to identify larger, global trends of suspicious activity and potential security threats.

Claims16

Dependent claims

An automated teller machine (ATM) comprising:

a memory;
and
one or more processors in communication with the memory and configured to:
intercept one or more data packets generated by the ATM for transmission toward a bank server, the one or more data packets including transaction data of a requested financial transaction;
map the transaction data included in the data packets to a time stamp indicating the time at which the financial transaction was requested and to context data collected from the ATM and having the time stamp;
store the mapped transaction data in a database for the ATM;
generate metadata for the mapped transaction data based on one or more parameters associated with the mapped transaction data;
store the metadata for the mapped transaction data in the database for the ATM;
and
generate one or more reports on operation of the ATM for a hub server, wherein the one or more reports are generated based on analysis of at least a portion of the metadata for the mapped transaction data.

7 more elements

A computer-based method comprising:

intercepting, by an automated teller machine (ATM), one or more data packets generated by the ATM for transmission toward a bank server, the one or more data packets including transaction data of a requested financial transaction;
mapping, by the ATM, the transaction data included in the data packets to a time stamp indicating the time at which the financial transaction was requested and to context data collected from the ATM and having the time stamp;
storing, by the ATM, the mapped transaction data in a database for the ATM;
generating, by the ATM, metadata for the mapped transaction data based on one or more parameters associated with the mapped transaction data;
storing, by the ATM, the metadata for the mapped transaction data in the database for the ATM;
and
generating, by the ATM, one or more reports on operation of the ATM for a hub server, wherein the one or more reports are generated based on analysis of at least a portion of the metadata for the mapped transaction data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/716,229Filed 26 Sep 2017
Granted: 16 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

G06Q 20/1085
Remote banking, e.g. home banking: involving automatic teller machines [ATMs]
G06F 16/164
File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems: file meta data generation
G06Q 20/02
Payment architectures, schemes or protocols: involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
G06Q 20/389
Payment protocols; Details thereof: keeping log of transactions for guaranteeing non-repudiation of a transaction