# US 2013/0158702 A1 · Media dispensing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0158702 A1 - Document ID: US20130158702A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/326,862 - Filed: 2011-12-15 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-15 - Assignees: NCR Corporation - Inventors: Andrew Colley - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130158702A1 ## CPC - G07F 17/16: for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like - G07F 7/04: by paper currency - G07F 19/20: {Automatic teller machines [ATMs]} - G07F 19/202: {Depositing operations within ATMs (depositing in general G07D11/00)} - G07F 19/203: {Dispensing operations within ATMs (dispensing in general G07D11/00)} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A method and apparatus are disclosed for dispensing at least one item of media from one of a plurality of possible media dispensing ports. The apparatus includes a user interface comprising a user display, an intermediate display adjacent to the user display and a port location display adjacent to the intermediate display and adjacent to a plurality of possible media dispensing ports. Each display is arranged to selectively display a visual cue to direct a user to a selected one of the possible media dispensing ports. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Apparatus for dispensing at least one item of media from one of a plurality of possible media dispensing ports, comprising: a user interface comprising a user display; an intermediate display adjacent to the user display; and a port location display adjacent to the intermediate display and adjacent to a plurality of possible media dispensing ports; wherein each display is arranged to selectively display a visual cue to direct a user to a selected one of the possible media dispensing ports. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: each display is arranged to display a respective visual cue in a pre-determined sequence. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: the displayed visual cues on at least the user display and port location display are selected from a plurality of possible visual cues responsive to a type of media being dispensed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: the user display comprises a touch screen. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: the intermediate display comprises a panel region in a first plane and a further panel region in a further plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane, each panel region comprising a plurality of pixels that selectively illuminate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: the port location display comprises an electronic visual display. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: at least one light source proximate to each dispensing port, the light source associated with the selected one dispensing port being arranged to illuminate responsive to the display of a visual cue on the port location display. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a wall element comprising the media dispensing ports, said wall element facing a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction faced by the user display. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) An automated teller machine (ATM) comprising the apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a first media dispensing port comprises a currency note dispensing port and a second media dispensing port comprises a printed receipt dispensing port. ### Claim 10 A method of dispensing at least one item of media from one of a plurality of possible media dispensing ports, comprising the steps of: via a user interface comprising a user display, providing a user with a choice of items to be dispensed, each item being associated with a respective one of a plurality of possible media dispensing ports; displaying a visual cue on the user display responsive to selection of an item; displaying a visual cue on an intermediate display adjacent to the user display; and displaying a visual cue on a port location display adjacent to the intermediate display and adjacent to the plurality of possible media dispensing ports thereby indicating the media dispensing port associated with the selected item. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising: starting to display the visual cue on the port location display subsequent to the display of the visible cue on the intermediate display; and starting to display the visible cue on the intermediate display subsequent to the display of the visible cue on the user display. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein said step of displaying a visual cue on the user display comprises: displaying an image of said an item on a region of a touch screen. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein said step of displaying a visual cue on the port location display comprises: displaying a moving image on an electronic visual display, said moving image moving in a direction towards said the media dispensing port. ### Claim 14 A method of dispensing or depositing items of media at one of a plurality of media ports, comprising the steps of: responsive to a user selecting a transaction item type, providing at least one visible and/or audible cue to the user extending across multiple displays to identify a media port associated with the item type.