ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,807, issued on July 29, was assigned to Diebold Nixdorf Inc. (North Canton, Ohio).
"Automated banking machine firmware flow control" was invented by Mike P. Ryan (Canton, Ohio), Andrew Clugston (Canton, Ohio), Brian Block (North Canton, Ohio) and Eric Klein (Massillon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described in example embodiments herein are techniques for implementing an automated banking machine such as an ATM. An example embodiments, tracks the flow of a note through an ATM. Another embodiment corrects errors detected during a note flow. Some embodiments are in the form of security protocols for communications or other commu...