The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas J. Munson, Charlotte, NC (US);
David W. Twigg, Charlotte, NC (US);
Daniel J. Farinella, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G07F 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/203 (2013.01); G06F 11/1402 (2013.01); G07F 19/20 (2013.01); G07F 19/211 (2013.01); G06F 2201/805 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing redundancy in an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) is provided. Application software may be run on top of a virtual environment such as a virtual machine and/or a virtual disk environment. Should a software component fail, the virtual environment will 'crash' but the ATM hardware and operating system will remain intact. If the software is fatally flawed—e.g., due to a faulty 'upgrade' the older version may be “rolled back” from a previously stored virtual environment.