Client object for use in a self-service terminal

A self-service terminal comprising:

• a control application, executed on the self-service terminal, for controlling the terminal's transaction flow including presentation of information as a sequence of screens on a display to a user;
• a client object for concurrently obtaining information for presentation to a user during the transaction flow and notifying the control application of availability of the information;
• a first interface for communicating with an external service provider server to retrieve information for presentation to the user;
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• a second interface between the control application and the client object;
• the client object parsing information from the external service provider which is incomprehensible by the control application to extract relevant information and translating extracted information into a pre-defined format comprising properties comprehensible by the control application thereby allowing the control application to determine what information should be presented based on the exposed properties, and to retain full control of what, if any, information is presented and how the information is presented.

A system for presenting information which is targeted to a particular user at a self-service terminal, the system comprising:

• a self-service terminal including a control application for receiving information in a first format and displaying a transaction flow as a sequence of screens on a display;
• a service provider server for providing services in a second format which is incompatible with the first format;
• an adapter in communication with the service provider server and for transforming information from the second format used by the service provider server to a third format;
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• a client object in communication with the adapter and mediating information transfer between the service provider server and the control application for (i) receiving information in the third format and (ii) exposing properties of the information to the control application in the first format such that the control application can receive information from an external source originating in a different format while retaining full control of what information is displayed to the user, the client object mediating information transfer concurrently during said transaction flow.