US 7,063,253 B1 · Cash dispensing automated banking machine software authorization system and method

Abstract

An automated banking machine is operative to authorize the installation, use, and/or configuration of ATM software applications and components. The machine may be provided with either an authorization key or a configuration certificate that is generated by a licensing authority. The machine is operative to authenticate the key or certificate prior to granting a user permission to install, run, and/or configure the software. The machine is operative to authenticate a configuration certificate by evaluating a digital signature associated with the configuration certificate. An authorization key may be authenticated by comparing it to a second authorization key generated responsive to inputted license information and one-way hash functions. The key or certificate may be associated with a plurality of configuration rules which specify the configuration software components and parameters for specific ATM software and hardware.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

a) receiving through an input device of an automated banking machine including a cash dispenser, at least one input corresponding to at least one first authorization key and at least one input corresponding to license information;
b) generating at least one second authorization key through operation of at least one computer of the machine responsive to at least one secret key stored in the machine and the license information;
c) verifying through operation of the at least one computer that the at least one first authorization key corresponds to the at least one generated second authorization key;
d) responsive to (c) enabling at least one software application associated with the license information to execute in the at least one computer, wherein execution of the at least one software application enables the machine to carry out at least one transaction function.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/732,204Filed 9 Dec 2003 · continuation in part

Priority

27 Sep 2000

Granted

20 Jun 2006

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G07F 19/206
Automatic teller machines [ATMs]: software aspects at ATMs
G06F 21/10
Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity: protecting distributed…
G06F 21/105
Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material ; Digital rights management [DRM]: arrangements for…
G06Q 20/042
Payment circuits: characterized in that the payment protocol involves at least one cheque

Family

Application60/235,587Us provisional application · filed 27 Sep 2000

Application09/957,982Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 21 Sep 2001

Application60/432,325Us provisional application · filed 10 Dec 2002

Application60/432,340Us provisional application · filed 10 Dec 2002

US 6,672,505 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 7,063,253 B1This patent

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Cash dispensing automated banking machine software authorization system and method

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Claims21