Personalized ATM Presentation for Trustworthy Fee-Free Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Customers may distrust ATMs operated by independent ATM services due to generic branding or confusion about fee-free access, which diminishes trust and creates uncertainty.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method and system that personalizes the ATM presentation by using transaction and geographic data to provide a familiar and trustworthy appearance, including generating personalized content based on user feedback and preferences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If independent ATM services use generic branding, then operational flexibility and cost-effectiveness are improved, but customer trust and brand recognition deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational flexibilityVSAvoidcustomer trust
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The ATM presentation is made dynamic by switching between generic and personalized branding based on real-time user identification. The system dynamically adapts the displayed identity - showing generic branding when no user is identified and personalized bank branding when a user is recognized through transaction data or device communication, thus maintaining both operational flexibility and customer trust.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the branding parameter of the ATM presentation based on user identification status. When a user is identified through transaction data or device communication, the system transitions from generic branding to personalized bank-specific branding, effectively changing the identity parameter to match the user's expectations and build trust.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If ATMs display personalized bank branding, then customer trust and familiarity are improved, but device complexity and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomer trustVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary user identification and device communication checks before the user interacts with the ATM. By pre-identifying the user through transaction data or device proximity detection, the system prepares the appropriate personalized branding in advance, reducing the complexity of real-time decision-making during the transaction process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses an intermediary mechanism (device communication or transaction data analysis) to indirectly identify users without requiring direct complex authentication. This intermediary approach simplifies the overall system complexity by using existing data streams and communication protocols to trigger personalized branding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If ATMs use personalized presentations based on user data, then customer familiarity and trust are improved, but loss of information privacy increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomer familiarityVSAvoiduser privacy
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system allows users to opt-in to personalized presentations through their device communication or transaction history participation. Users effectively consent to data usage by initiating device communication or using services that generate transaction data, giving them control over their privacy while enabling personalized branding when desired.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from device communication and transaction data to determine when to apply personalized branding. By continuously monitoring user interactions and communication signals, the system intelligently activates personalized presentations only when appropriate, balancing privacy concerns with the benefits of familiarity and trust.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP4376446B1Methods and systems for demonstrating a personalized automated teller machine (ATM) presentation
Publication Date: 2025.12.17 CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC
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AI summary

A computer-implemented method for demonstrating a personalized automated teller machine (ATM) presentation to a user may include: obtaining transaction data of the user via a device associated with the user; obtaining, via the one or more processors, geographic data of the user based on the transaction data; generating, via the one or more processors, ATM data based on the geographic data of the user; obtaining, via the one or more processors, user feedback data based on the ATM data, wherein the user feedback data comprises a selection of an ATM of the list of the ATMs; transmitting, to the selected ATM of the list of the ATMs, presentation data based on the transaction data and the user feedback data; and demonstrating, via the selected ATM of the list of the ATMs, the personalized ATM presentation to the user based on the presentation data.