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|Oct 11, 2011
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|Jul 3, 2006
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|Mar 30, 2004
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|Michael Scanlon
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|Diebold Self-Service Systems, division of Diebold Incorporated
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|Patent Citations (8), Referenced by (1), Classifications (7), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. �119 (e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/697,656 filed Jul. 7, 2005, and claims benefit pursuant to 35 U.S.C. �120 of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/090,676 filed Mar. 25, 2005, which claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. �119 (e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/557,819 filed Mar. 30, 2004, and the disclosures of each are incorporated herein by reference.
This invention relates to cash dispensing automated banking machines. Specifically, this invention relates to automated banking machines which provide information regarding an amount of disposable cash associated with a banking account of a customer.
Automated banking machines are well known. A common type of automated banking machine used by customers is an automated teller machine (hereinafter "ATM"). ATMs enable customers to carry out banking transactions such as the dispensing of cash, the transfer of funds between accounts, the payment of bills, and/or account balance inquiries. Automated banking machines may also print or dispense items of value such as coupons, tickets, wagering slips, vouchers, checks, food stamps, money orders, and traveler's checks.
The types of banking transactions a customer can carry out at an ATM are determined, in part, by the capabilities and design of the particular banking machine, the capabilities and design of the host banking system with which the ATM interfaces, and the programming of the institution operating the machine. For purposes of this disclosure, references to an ATM, an automated banking machine, or an automated transaction machine are interchangeable.
One of the most common transactions performed by a customer at an ATM is the withdrawal of cash from a bank account. In such a transaction, a customer interfaces with an ATM by identifying himself, identifying the account from which the money is to be withdrawn, and identifying the desired amount of money to be withdrawn. The ATM interfaces with a host banking system to determine if the customer is authorized to dispense cash from the account and has sufficient funds in the account for the desired withdrawal.
While the withdrawal of cash from a bank account through an ATM may satisfy the customer's short term financial needs, it can also create financial problems. For example, if the bank account is a checking account and if the customer has recently written checks drawn from that account which have not yet been posted (i.e., cleared), or if the customer has authorized certain creditors to automatically withdraw periodic payments from that account, the withdrawal of available funds from an ATM can result in checks and/or automatic payments being refused at some later point in time by the bank due to the account having insufficient funds to cover those withdrawals.
Consequently, there exists a need for a system and method which minimizes the risk of checks and/or automatic payments being refused as a result of a customer withdrawing too much cash from an account associated with the checks and/or automatic payments.
It is an object of an exemplary form of the present invention to provide an automated banking machine.
It is a further object of an exemplary form of the present invention to provide an automated banking machine at which a customer may dispense cash.
It is a further object of an exemplary form of the present invention to provide an automated banking machine which is operative to enable a customer to dispense cash from an account used to draft checks and/or provide automatic payments.
It is a further object of an exemplary form of the present invention to provide an automated banking machine which is operative to minimize the risk of checks and/or automatic payments associated with an account being refused as a result of a customer withdrawing too much cash from the account using the machine.
Further objects of exemplary forms of the present invention will be made apparent in the following Best Mode for Carrying Out Invention and the appended claims.
The foregoing objects maybe accomplished in an exemplary embodiment by an automated banking machine that includes output devices such as a display screen and receipt printer. The machine may further include input devices such as a touch screen, keyboard, keypad, function keys, and card reader. The automated banking machine may further include transaction function devices such as a cash dispenser mechanism for sheets of currency, a depository mechanism and other transaction function devices which are used by the machine in carrying out banking transactions including transfers of value. In the exemplary embodiment the automated banking machine may include at least one computer. The computer may be in operative connection with the output devices and the input devices, as well as with the cash dispenser mechanism, depository mechanism and other physical transaction function devices in the banking machine. The computer may further be operative to communicate with a host banking system and/or other server located remotely from the machine.
In the exemplary embodiment, the computer of the automated banking machine may include software programs that are executable therein. The software programs of the automated banking machine may be operative to cause the computer to output user interface screens through a display device of the machine. The user interface screens may include customer screens which provide a customer with information for performing customer operations such as banking functions with the machine. The user interface screens may further include service screens which provide an authorized user servicing the machine with information for performing service and maintenance operations with the machine. In addition the machine may further include software programs operative in the computer for controlling and communicating with hardware devices of the machine including the transaction function devices.
In one exemplary embodiment, the automated banking machine is operative to enable a customer to withdraw an amount of cash from an account. The machine may output one or more user interface screens through a display device which prompts the user to indicate an amount of cash to withdraw. The machine may contact a host banking system to authorize the withdrawal. In response to receiving the authorization from the host banking system, the machine may dispense the cash to the user through operation of a cash dispenser of the machine.
In the exemplary embodiment, the machine may be operative to cause information associated with the account to be displayed on one or more user interface screens. The information displayed may include an account balance of currently available funds associated with the account of the customer. As used herein such an account balance is referred to as an available balance for an account. The information displayed may also include a further amount associated with the account which represents the amount of cash the customer can withdraw after taking into consideration the available balance and one or more debit and/or credit transactions which are expected to post to the account at a future time. Such further amounts displayed by the machine may correspond generally to a customer's disposable cash.
Examples of expected debits may include payments from the account for a mortgage, rent, car loan, utility bill, student loan, credit card, or any other debit which can be estimated to post one or more times in the future to the account. Expected credits to the account may include a paycheck or other source of income which is expected to post to the account at generally regular intervals. In an exemplary embodiment, the calculation of the disposable cash amount displayed by the automated banking machine may correspond to the amount of currently available funds associated with the account minus the total amount of debits expected to post to the account prior to the next credit which is expected to post to the account.
In an exemplary embodiment, the automated banking machine may provide the user with the ability to withdraw at least a portion of the disposable cash amount in a manner which minimizes the number of inputs into the machine. For example, the machine may provide a user interface screen which directs the user to press a particular keypad key, function key, touch screen button, or provide some other input, if the user would like to have the machine dispense an amount that is equal to all or a lesser portion of the calculated disposable cash amount. In response to the customer providing the input as prompted by the machine, the machine may be operative to contact a host banking system to authorize the dispense and if authorized cause a cash dispenser in the machine to dispense the amount indicated without requiring further inputs from the customer.
In further exemplary embodiments, the machine may output a user interface screen which includes information representative of one or parameters used to calculate the disposable cash amount. Such parameters may include a listing of future debits and/or credits and the dates such debits and credits are expected to post to the account.
In a further exemplary embodiment, the machine may be operative to provide user interface screens with which a user may input and edit the parameters used to calculate the amount of disposable cash for an account. Also, an exemplary embodiment of a system which includes the described automated banking machine may include a web site which enables a customer to input and edit the parameters used to calculate the disposable cash for an account. Such parameters, whether inputted through an ATM screen, web site, or other system, may be stored in a data store in operative connection with the account of the customer.
Referring now to the drawings and particularly to
The exemplary embodiment of the automated banking machine 10 may include a plurality of input devices 32 such as an encrypting pin pad with keypad 16 and function keys 14 as well as a card reader 22. The exemplary embodiment of the machine 10 may further include or use other types of input devices, such as a touch screen, microphone, or any other device that is operative to provide the machine with inputs representative of user instructions or information. The machine may also include one or more biometric input devices such as a fingerprint scanner, an iris scanner, facial recognition device, hand scanner, or any other biometric reading device which may be used to read a biometric input that can be used to identify a user.
The exemplary embodiment of the automated banking machine 10 may further include a plurality of transaction function devices which may include for example a cash dispenser 24, a depository mechanism 26, cash recycler mechanism, or any other type of device which is operative to perform transaction functions involving transfers of value.
Exemplary embodiments of the automated banking machine 10 are operative to communicate with a transaction processing server which is referred to herein as an ATM host banking system 42. Such an ATM host banking system 42 may correspond to a remote computer which is operative to authorize the automated banking machine 10 to perform transaction functions for users such as withdrawing cash from an account through operation of the cash dispenser 24, depositing checks or other items with the depository mechanism 26, performing a balance inquiry for a financial account and transferring value between accounts.
Terminal control software components 40 may be operative to organize and display with a user interface different transaction functions into a hierarchy using a plurality of menus and submenus. A menu may be visually and/or audibly output to the customer for each of the different ATM states. Each menu may be operative to list those functions which may be performed in any given ATM state. Selecting an option or function visually listed or verbally described in a menu will usually cause the ATM to change to a different state.
Terminal control software may be operative to generate a user interface screen which includes one or more menu options for displaying an account balance corresponding to a selected account associated with the customer. Such an account balance may correspond to the currently available funds associated with the account. In an exemplary embodiment the account balance is determined with the ATM contacting the host banking system which is operative to access an account balance associated with an account of the customer.
In addition to being operative to display an account balance representative of the currently available funds in the account, the ATM may be operative to determine a further amount referred to herein as the disposable cash amount associated with an account. The disposable cash amount may correspond to an estimate for the amount of value that will be left in the account after one or more expected transactions have posted to the account before the next paycheck or other credit is expected to be deposited in the account.
In an exemplary embodiment, an automated banking machine may be operative to enable a customer to provide information representative of a financial account through operation of at least one input device of the ATM and determine through operation of at least one computer of the ATM, a disposable cash amount associated with the account. In addition, the ATM may be operative to display through operation of the at least one computer of the ATM, the disposable cash amount through at least one output device of the ATM. Once the disposable cash amount is displayed, the automated banking machine may be operative to enable a customer to dispense an amount of cash equal to all or a lesser portion of the disposable cash amount without having the customer enter an amount into an input device of the ATM.
In this described exemplary embodiment the ATM may request and receive the disposable cash amount from the host banking system or other remote server. In an alternative exemplary embodiment, rather than requesting and receiving the disposable cash amount from the host banking system or other server, the ATM may be operative to calculate the disposable cash amount directly. In this described exemplary embodiment the automated banking machine may be operative to access the parameters (i.e., information) usable by the machine to calculate the disposable cash amount for the specified account from a host banking system or other server. In exemplary embodiments the automated banking machine may also enable the customer to view and/or edit the parameters used to calculate the disposable cash amount. Edited data parameters may then be transmitted back to the host banking system or other server and stored in association with the account.
In exemplary embodiments an account balance generally represents the currently available funds in an account and is referred to herein as an "Available Balance". An account's disposable cash amount is determined by taking into consideration the account's Available Balance, and parameters associated with expected future transactions and/or transactions that have previously posted to the account. Such parameters may include the dates and amounts of prescribed future debits to that account (hereinafter "expected debits"), if any, and the dates and amounts of prescribed future credits to that account (hereinafter "expected credits"), if any. The term "prescribed" as used herein means that the customer has selected, through either a manual or automatic process, which future debits and/or credits to a specified bank account are to be used in the calculation of the account's disposable cash amount.
Regarding expected credits, any credit to a specified account can be prescribed as such by the customer. For example, expected credits can be any payments that are automatically credited to the specified account on a periodic basis, any payments that are electronically deposited or transferred to the specified account, and/or any payments that are manually deposited by the customer into the specified account (i.e., cash or check deposits). Specific examples of such payments that can be used as expected credits include: wage credits, alimony or child support credits, unemployment benefit credits, tax refund credits, dividend credits, interest credits, and the like. The interest credits may include the interest earned with respect to the specified account or another account which is deposited into the specified account.
Regarding expected debits, any debit to a specified account can be prescribed as such by the customer. For example, expected debits can be any withdrawals that are automatically debited from the specified account on a periodic basis, any withdrawals that are electronically debited or transferred from the specified account, and/or any orders that are manually generated by the customer to be paid from the specified account (i.e., checks). Specific examples of such withdrawals that can be prescribed as expected debits include: spending cash withdrawals, mortgage payments, alimony or child support payments, credit card payments, utility payments, insurance payments, savings or pension plan payments, and the like.
In exemplary embodiments, customers may identify expected debits and credits manually by individually inputting expected debit/credit amounts and associated dates or date ranges into a user interface adapted to receive such information. Such a user interface may be provided by an ATM, a web site that provides access to the account, or any other system that is operative to store expected debit/credit information in a data store in association with an account. For example, in an exemplary embodiment a web server may provide user interface web pages at a web site which enable computers on a global communication network such as the Internet to remotely input expected debit/credit amounts, dates and other associated data from their personal computers. Expected debit/credit data provided though use of the web pages may be received by the web server and stored in a data store in association the account that was accessed through use of the web server.
In further exemplary embodiments the system used to input expected debit/credit amounts may be operative to automate the process by automatically generating expected debit/credits responsive to previously posted transactions to the account. Also in exemplary embodiments, a user interface may present to the customer which lists previously posted transactions, and the customer may select which previously posted transactions correspond to expected debits/credits. The user interface may be responsive to the selected transaction to cause expected debit/credits to be stored in the data store in association with the account. In further exemplary embodiments, an ATM may include an invoice reader which is capable of reading information from a utility bill, credit card bill, or other printed bill or invoice which requires a payment. The invoice reader may be capable of scanning the printed bill and acquire information (i.e., payment amount, due date, biller description) usable by the ATM to cause an expected debit to be generated and stored in association with the specified account. The invoice reader may also be capable of determining from a printed bill whether the payment amount corresponds to a one time payment or periodic payment. Corresponding expected debits generated from the scanned invoice may then be set up as either a one time expected debit for the associated one time payment date, or may be setup as ongoing expected debits which occur periodically (e.g., monthly, quarterly, yearly) and have a known fixed payment amount or a variable payment amount which can be estimated to fall below a specified amount.
As shown in
The expected debits or credits stored in the data store 62 are stored in association with the customer's account. The information stored for each expected debit or credit in the data store 62 may include an amount and a date or date range the expected debit or credit is expected to post to the account. The dates stored in association with the expected debits or credits may correspond to a specific date or date range that occurs only once or may be a date or date range that re-occurs every week, month, or year for example. In addition, the information stored for each expected debit or credit in the data store 62 may also include the name of the payee (or payor) or other identifying description that is associated with the transaction.
In an exemplary embodiment, the server 60 may be operative to calculate the disposable cash amount responsive to the information associated with the account which are stored in the data store 62 or are accessed from other servers. The ATM of the exemplary embodiment may be operative to determine this disposable cash amount by communicating with the host banking server 42 which in turn communicates with the server 60 to request the disposable cash amount. In alternative exemplary embodiments, the ATM may be operative to securely communicate directly with the server 60 through a public or private network to acquire the disposable cash amount from the server 60. In further alternative exemplary embodiments, the ATM may be operative to acquire the parameters usable to calculate the disposable cash amount from the server 60. In further alternative exemplary embodiments, the host banking system may be operative to calculate the disposable cash amount in response to the information accessed from the server 60 for an account specified by the ATM.
As shown in Equation 1, an ATM, host banking system, or other server, may be operative to calculate the disposable cash, by subtracting the total of one or more expected debits (hereinafter referred to as the account's "Total Forthcoming Debits" amount) from the current Available Balance for the account.
Disposable Cash=Available Balance−Total Forthcoming Debits [1]
The Total Forthcoming Debits may correspond to the total amount that is expected to be debited from the account between the day on which the disposable cash amount is requested (hereinafter referred to as "Current Date") and the day of the next prescribed future credit to that account (hereinafter referred to as next "Credit Date"). In an exemplary embodiment, the next Credit Date may correspond to the date of the next expected credit after the Current Date. Also, in exemplary embodiments, the next Credit Date may correspond to a date selected by the customer. For example, the next Credit Date may correspond to a day of the month after which the customer's one or more paychecks or other sources of income are expected to be posted to the account.
In exemplary embodiments, transactions which were expected to occur on the Current Date or earlier, may not have yet posted to the account when a calculation for disposable cash is made. The Account Balance will be relatively higher than would otherwise be if such transactions posted to the account instantly. As a result, a Disposable Cash amount calculated from this inflated Available Balance may produce an amount that is too high to safely withdraw cash from the account and still leave sufficient funds to cover the Total Forthcoming Debits.
In a further exemplary embodiment, the Disposable Cash amount may further be calculated responsive to expected debits which were expected to post to the account by the Current Date but have not yet posted. Such debits are hereinafter referred to as the "Non-Posted Debits". In an exemplary embodiment, debits posted to an account may be compared to the listing of expected debits stored in association with the account to determine which of the stored expected debits expected to have occurred by the Current Date have not yet posted to the account. In this described exemplary embodiment, the Disposable Cash amount may be further calculated according to Equation 2 by subtracting out the total of Non-Posted Debits.
Disposable Cash=Available Balance−Total Forthcoming Debits−Non-Posted Debits [2]
The comparison between posted debits and stored expected debits may be performed by the ATM, host banking system, or other server. All stored expected debits with dates or date ranges that fall within a predetermined period before and including the Current Date may be compared to debits posted to the account on the corresponding dates or within the corresponding date ranges. Such a predetermined period may be on the order of several days or longer for example. Matching stored expected debits with posted debits may be accomplished by comparing the value amounts and descriptive information of the expected debits to the posted transactions for the account. In the exemplary embodiment, date ranges stored for the expected debits may be on the order of several days or longer to increase the accuracy of the comparison.
In addition, a comparison may also be made between expected debits after the Current Date and the posted transactions for an account to determine if one or more of the expected debits may have been posted to the account earlier than expected. In this described exemplary embodiment, such expected debits which have posted early may be omitted from the Total Forthcoming Debits used to calculate the Disposable Cash.
In exemplary embodiments, multiple credits may post to an account throughout a month or other time range. The customer may not intend such credits to be used for disposable cash as soon as they post to the account. Rather a customer may wish to allocate these credits for use with paying future debits that post after the next Credit Date such as a large mortgage or other payment. Unfortunately, such credits that post to the account by the Current Date will likely be reflected in the Available Balance, causing the calculated Disposable Cash amount to be higher than the customer may prefer.
In a further exemplary embodiment the ATM, host banking system, or other server, may be operative to calculate the Disposable Cash according to Equation 3, in which the one or more credits previously posted to the account (hereinafter referred to as "Posted Credits") are subtracted from the Available Balance.
In this described exemplary embodiment, the Posted Credits may correspond to credits which have posted to the account after the Credit Date which occurred prior to the Current Date. For example, the Credit Date may be specified by the customer as occurring on the 2nd day of each month. If the Current Date corresponds to the 20th day of the month, then the Posted Credits would correspond to those credits which posted to the account between the 2nd day and 20th day of the month. Such Posted Credits which are not intended to be included in the Disposable Cash amount may include a paycheck issued on the 15th of the month for example, which may be needed to cover expected debits after the next Credit Date.
As shown in Equations 1-3, the parameters of Total Forthcoming Debits, Non-Posted Debits, and Posted Credits correspond to absolute (i.e., positive) values or sets of absolute values which are subtracted from the determined Available Balance for the account. In other exemplary embodiments, the equations may be modified to reflect these values being negative and/or positive. Further, in other exemplary embodiments the Total Forthcoming Debits, Non-Posted Debits, and/or Posted Credits may not be calculated individually and then subtracted from the Available Balance. Instead, the individual transactions which comprise these parameters may be subtracted from the Available Balance individually or in other groupings. As used herein subtracting a first number from a second number (e.g., N2−N1) includes adding a negative version of the first number to the second number (e.g., N2+−N1).
In exemplary embodiments, where the ATM is operative to calculate the Disposable Cash amount, the ATM may request and receive from a host banking system or other server, the parameters for performing the Disposable Cash calculation. Such parameters may include the Available Balance and Total Forthcoming Debits, Non-Posted Debits, and Posted Credits for example. However, in alternative exemplary embodiments, the ATM may be operative to request and receive from the host banking system or other server parameters used to calculate the Total Forthcoming Debits, Non-Posted Debits, and Posted Credits. Such parameters may include for example, the expected debits, expected credits, and the Credit Date value, and posted transactions associated with an account. The ATM may calculate the Total Forthcoming Debits, Non-Posted Debits, and Posted Credits from this accessed information.
The visible output displayed in
As shown in
Once the customer inputs the PIN and presses the function key indicated with reference numeral 110, the exemplary ATM changes to a third state 112 illustrated in
Typically, the disposable cash feature will be used in conjunction with a checking account. In such an exemplary embodiment, the customer would press the function key indicated with reference numeral 111. When the customer presses the function key indicated with reference numeral 111, this exemplary embodiment of the ATM changes to a fifth state.
The expected debit total displayed may correspond to the Total Forthcoming Debits previous described or the sum of the Total Forthcoming Debits and Non-Posted Debits previously described. In further exemplary embodiments, the ATM may display each of the individual expected debits and any other information that is used to calculate the disposable cash amount.
In the exemplary embodiment, the customer may press the function key indicated with reference numeral 110 to have the ATM dispense cash in an amount equal to the portion of the disposable cash indicated. In response to the input, the computer of the ATM may be operative to communicate with a host banking system to authorize the withdrawal of cash from the account in an amount equal to the indicated portion of the disposable cash amount. In response to receiving a message from the host banking system authorizing the withdrawal, the computer of the ATM may be operative to cause the cash dispenser of the ATM to operate to dispense an amount of cash corresponding to the portion of the disposable cash indicated.
In an exemplary embodiment after the cash is dispensed, the ATM may change to a sixth state.
In the example shown in
In this described exemplary embodiment, the ATM may proceed through the first and second states as shown in
As shown in
For example as illustrated in
Once an account is selected in either of the described fourth states 156, 176, the ATM may proceed to a fifth state which is specific to the type of transaction requested. For example, for a withdrawal transaction the ATM may change to a fifth state 300 shown in
Referring back to
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If the customer no longer wishes to add a new expected debit, the function key indicated by reference number 111 may be pressed. Upon doing so, the ATM changes back to the sixth state shown in
If the correct amount has been entered and the customer still wishes to proceed with adding this amount, the function key indicated with reference numeral 110 would be pressed. Upon doing so, the ATM would be operative to change to eighth state 216 illustrated in
As shown in
If the customer no longer wishes to add a new expected debit, the function key indicated with reference numeral 111 may be pressed. Upon doing so, the ATM may return to the sixth state shown in
If the correct date has been entered and the customer wishes to proceed with adding this new expected debit, the function key indicated with reference numeral 110 may be pressed. Upon doing so, the ATM changes to a ninth state 220 illustrated in
As shown in
Now referring back to
If there are more debits than those illustrated, the visual output 226 may include a function key 210 associated with the term "More". If the function key 210 is pressed, the ATM changes to another state (not shown) which lists the next set of expected debits. When the ATM state changes to show additional sets of expected debits, the ATM displays a function on visual output 226 which enables the customer to go back to a preceding set of debits. This function can be identified by the ATM displaying the term "Back" (not shown) for example.
If the customer no longer wishes to review/edit the listed expected debits, the function indicated with reference numeral 215 may be pressed. When this key is pressed, the ATM changes back to the sixth state shown in
As shown in
Finally, if the customer wishes to modify the expected debit, the function indicated with reference numeral 111 in the eleventh state shown in
Referring back to
It is to be understood that the described ATM states and visible outputs set out above are merely examples of performing transactions involving the determination of a disposable cash amount. Other transaction functions for the described ATM and alternative exemplary embodiments of the ATM may have additional and/or other types of ATM states, visible outputs, and/or audible outputs which enable a customer to view a disposable cash amount for an account and/or perform transactions using the disposable cash amount.
Another exemplary embodiment of the invention allows an ATM user to review private memos (e.g., notes or memorandums) at an ATM. The memos can be previously created by the user, such as at a location remote from the current ATM. A person can send a message to themself for later viewing of the message at an ATM. An ATM user can use any ATM in a linked network of ATMs to remotely access, display, and print previously stored memos. The wide availability of ATMs enables a person to easily retrieve their memos.
The ATM memo exemplary embodiment provides customers with a mechanism for remotely accessing any personal reminder note or information that they may not normally have access to, especially when they are away from home and on the move. It provides ATM customers with new or additional ATM functionality, e.g., the ability to display and/or print any pre-prepared personal information they wish at any ATM terminal. Thus, the exemplary embodiment effectively gives ATM users access to their data anywhere in the world.
The information in a memo can include a wide range of information, including private data, reminders, numbers, etc. The memo can be stored or held in a data store or database. The memo can be stored as a record or field in the database. A memo can also be created and stored as a file. The memo can be retrieved when the memo creator uses an ATM. The exemplary embodiment allows ATM users the ability to display and print their own choice of pre-prepared private memo data at an ATM.
With the exemplary memo retrieval arrangement, a banking customer now has an alternative to keeping notes on themselves, such as in their wallet, purse, or pockets. Thus, the memo retrieval ability of the exemplary embodiment (which may be referred to as "ATMemo") provides both customers and ATM operators with an added ATM functionality and value. Additional value is provided to customers having ATMemo because they can access and/or print customized data at any supporting ATM in the world. Additional value is also provided to ATM operators offering ATMemo because it provides new and desirable functionality to their customers. An ATM operator, such as a bank, may provide the memo service free to a customer. Alternatively, a fee may be required for providing the memo service.
A memo can contain a wide assortment of information. For example, one or more memos created by an ATMemo customer may contain any combination of emergency information, anniversary dates, birthday dates, secret phone numbers or addresses, appointments (e.g., medical), travel itineraries, contact details, events, backup data or reports or presentations, shopping lists, "things to do" list, gift ideas, reminders, safe combinations, offshore bank account numbers, encrypted information, miscellaneous information. Data in a memo may also refer to another memo. The memory allocated for a single memo may have a predetermined set limit. A memo stored in a data store as a record or file can have a name or title associated therewith.
A memo may be produced via many different processes. An example is shown in
Whether a financial institution (e.g., bank) or an independent (non financial) entity oversees the storage and handling of memos, the software used in the exemplary embodiment enables a created memo to be stored in a manner that allows it to be later accessed by a customer at an ATM associated (or affiliated) with the memo's storage arrangement.
The memo creating/storing software can be on a user's personal computer, on an ATM, at a web site of the entity controlling the data store, at a web site of a bank, or any combination thereof. In some memo producing arrangements the software may require that the customer create the memo within the software, instead of independently from the software. That is, a software package (e.g., an online banking software package) may also contain memo creating software. In other memo producing arrangements a memo can be drafted as a file with a user's personal computer and then stored on the user's computer. Later the memo file can be sent to the data store for storage as a record or a file. This enables a produced memo to be sent directly from a user's personal computer to the memo data store at a convenient time.
As previously discussed (e.g.,
A previously discussed, a generated memo is stored in a data store (e.g., memory or database). The data store can hold a plurality of memos from a plurality of different customers. It should be understood that a "data store" as used herein may comprise more than one physical storage structure. In an exemplary embodiment, the data store is remotely located from the user's personal computer (where a memo may be created) and the ATMs. The data store can be maintained and controlled by a third party that is a separate entity different from the ATM operator (e.g., bank) and the customer. Alternatively, a data store may be part of an ATM network or affiliated with the ATM network. Thus, a personal memo can be created by a customer with a personal computer, sent from the personal computer to a remote data store for storage, and later accessed by the same customer from the data store through a remote ATM.
As discussed in more detail later, a memo can be stored in the data store in association or correlation with an ATM user's identification (e.g., account number or other unique identifying information) and at least one date. The date can relate to when the memo is available at an ATM, such as for scheduled display or automatic display.
Memos can be retrieved at an ATM that includes at least one computer. The ATM can also include components such as a cash dispenser, at least one display screen, and at least one printer (e.g., receipt printer and/or memo printer). The ATM can be part of an ATM network. The ATM is in operative connection with the data store, enabling the ATM to access memos stored in the data store.
The ATM can receive inputted user identification from the ATM user. The user identification (e.g., account number) may be directly accessed from a user's card, from biometric input, or from another form of identifying input. For example, a card reader may be used to read user identification data (e.g., an account number) from a user's card. Alternatively, inputted user data may first be associated with other data to determine the user's identification for retrieving memos.
An ATM uses the user's identification to request available memos from the data store which correspond to that unique user. The data store can include or be associated with another computer involved in communicating with and retrieving memos for an ATM. In a memo request operation, the ATM transmits the ATM user's identification to the data store in a request for the user's available memos. As discussed in more detail later, an ATM can be programmed differently to submit the request at different times. For example, the ATM may send the memo request immediately after recognizing the user's authority to access memos. Alternatively, a memo request may be sent after the user initiates the request via a selection to check for available memos.
In an exemplary embodiment financial transactions are carried out at the ATM via communication between the ATM and the ATM host. The communication may be proprietary, which may include secured use of the Internet. Memo retrieval is carried out at an ATM via communication between the ATM and the memo data store. The ATM communication with its host can be independent or separate from the ATM communication with the data store. That is, in an exemplary embodiment (e.g.,
As previously discussed, an ATM can ask the data store to check for available memos that correspond to the provided user identification. Based upon the received user identification, the data store (or a computer thereof) can retrieve the correlating available memos. The data store may contain a plurality of memos belonging to the same user. However, not all of that user's memos may be available for accessing. This is because the memos can be date sensitive. Thus, a memo can be accessed responsive to both the user identification and at least one date.
The memo author can select when the memo is available for display at an ATM. That is, the date of display or a display period (e.g., having more than one date) is customer-selectable. The memo software includes a memo scheduler calendar that can be displayed (at a PC or ATM) to allow a customer to easily attach or assign memos to specific calendar dates. The software enables a customer to access their electronic calendar to assign memo display periods. During display date assignment, the customer can drag and drop memos onto specific calendar dates, including a range of calendar dates. Other memo input choices to the calendar enable the customer to select a range option which lets the customer indicate the beginning display date and ending (or expiration) display date for the range. A memo expiration date can also be provided and stored in the data store. Other (important) memos can be set as continually available for display until specifically canceled (e.g., deleted from the data store) by the customer.
An example of setting a memo date will now be discussed. A memo regarding a birthday reminder may be designated for display during the two-week period prior to (and including) the actual birthday date. Thus, if the ATM customer were to access their available memos at any time within this designated two-week period, the birthday reminder message would be one of the memos retrieved from the data store for review. Every day within the two-week period the birthday memo would be available and would be automatically retrieved in response to a memo retrieval request made by that particular customer at an ATM. Again, an ATM customer has the option of deleting a displayed memo so that the memo is prevented from being displayed again (e.g., removed from the data store). For example, a customer may desire to cancel a memo after it has served its purpose and no longer needs to be seen again. A delete key can be selected by the ATM user to remove a memo. The ATM can also initiate a deletion process by asking a user if they would like to have a currently displayed memo deleted, especially a memo that is still available on future dates. The user can respond to the deletion inquiry by inputting a selection that either deletes or retains the memo.
The same customer (who had the birthday memo) may want another memo containing a shopping list to only be available for display during a shorter display period, such as only three consecutive days. The availability of a memo may also be set by the creator for only a single day (e.g., 24 hours). Other memos may have even longer or shorter assigned or predetermined periods of display. Each respective memo is available for display within its respectively set (active) display period. Thus, a memo can be stored in the data store in correlation with both an ATM user's identification and a date or dates (e.g., date range).
The memo software also includes other options for allowing a customer to determine when a memo is designated or available for display. For example, a memo can be initially assigned a single display date by the customer. For a birthday memo the display date may be the actual date of the birthday. The customer can then choose one of several predetermined (extended) display periods presented by the software. Examples of extended display periods may include one day, one week, two weeks, one month, etc. With the previous birthday memo example, the customer could have selected a predetermined (extended) display period of two weeks. The software automatically calculates the extension of available dates for the memo. These available display dates comprise all days during the two-week period prior to (and including) the actual birthday date. The birthday memo becomes eligible for display when its display date is within the range of two weeks relative to the current date. The display dates are stored in correlation with the memo.
The memo software also allows a customer to customize (select) specific starting and ending dates for a memo's extended display period. The software can automatically fill in the remaining display dates between these starting and ending display dates in determining the entire display period for the memo. It should be understood that different memos can have different available display dates or display periods, and that the memo display periods is user-selectable.
As discussed in more detail later, an ATM can access and display all stored memos that have a display date that is within their particular time period (e.g., two weeks) of (after) the current date. That is, the data store controller enables the accessing of all memos pending in the data store that have a display date within a respective predetermined time (e.g., ten days) after the current date. For example, an intelligence memo may have been placed on a memo calendar for the 8th and 9th of a particular month, and further selected to be available for retrieval within one week prior to those dates. Thus, memo software allocates the intelligence memo as available for ATM display (for that particular customer's identification) on the 1st through 9th dates of the month.
A customer also has the ability to determine variable dates when a produced memo is to be available for display in response to an ATM's request for memos assigned to that customer. Some memos may be memos that are automatically made available (or active) during the same time span or period every month. For example, a memo may be directed to a recurring monthly bill, such as a mortgage payment. These types of memos can be stored in the data store in association with the memo's monthly display date range. The calendar has a display option that lets the customer view all scheduled memos for a particular month. Other display options (e.g., one year, thirty days, one week, a day, etc.) are also obtainable. Memos can be scheduled on a memo calendar years in advance of their actual display date. In some arrangements the data store can maintain an archived (and customer-accessible) record of all previously scheduled memos.
As previously discussed, a memo's display period determines when that memo is available for display at an ATM. Upon receiving a memo check request from an ATM, the data store can determine whether the current date is a date within the stored display dates for the memos belonging to the particular identification. For example, the data store computer can find the memos assigned to the received identification, compare the display period assigned to each respective found memo to the current date, determine which of the found memos match the current date, and then send (copies of) the matching memos to the ATM. Thus, a memo is accessed responsive to both the user identification and the current date. After receiving a memo from the data store, the ATM is operative to display the memo on the ATM's display screen.
A stored memo record can be automatically purged (or overwritten) from the memo storage system upon expiration of the memo's assigned display period. Expiration of a memo designated as a recurring memo would cause the memo to remain stored as a temporarily unavailable memo until arrival of its next display period.
As previously discussed, memos can be created either via a personal computer or via an ATM. A customer also has access to their memos in the data store either via a personal computer or via an ATM. The personal computer can include conventional components, such as a display monitor and a keyboard. The ATM can include conventional ATM components such as a computer and a display. However, an ATM can further be equipped with a keyboard that is displayable on a touch screen. The ATM user can operate the keyboard by touching the display screen. When using a personal computer, communication with the data store can require user identification (e.g., account number) and/or a password.
Memo software includes computer executable instructions that enable a ATMemo customer to carry out a process to receive, view, and print their memos at an ATM. Computer readable media can comprise the software. The software can be locally installed on the ATM. Alternatively, the software can operate in a computer remotely located from the ATM yet in operative communication with the ATM.
The programming software can cause the ATM to output (e.g., display) a menu which includes a user option to receive available memos or messages. The ATM can be controlled by the computer/software to present a selectable memo access option to a customer. The menu option can be part of a displayed transaction choice screen. For example, transaction choices displayed may include cash withdrawal, balance, and memos (e.g.,
The ATM can receive the user's ATMemo selection. Responsive to the selection, the ATM displays a subscreen that presents options available within the ATMemo heading. These options may enable a user to get their memos, view their memo schedule calendar, or return to the main screen (
Responsive to a selection to get or access the user's memos, the software causes the ATM to request from the data store the memos corresponding to that particular user. An example is shown in
After the ATM receives the memos from the data store, the software causes the ATM to display them on an ATM display screen (e.g., flight information in
The ATM also includes an option to print one or more memos. Instructions can be provided by the ATM for printing one or more memos. For example, a "print memo" option can be displayed along with a memo (
A memo can be printed by a dedicated memo printer on a separate sheet of paper specifically used for memos. Alternatively, the ATM may print memos by using a common or shared printer and paper that is also used for printing other data. For example, an ATM receipt printer can be used to print memos on receipt paper (
The ATMemo software also allows a customer at an ATM to view their personal calendar, which may be loaded onto the customer's personal PC (e.g., home computer). The personal calendar may be of the type that is modifiable by others (e.g., coworkers). The ATMemo calendar can be linked with the customer's personal calendar. This linking allows a customer at an ATM to see their schedule for the next few days so they can get cash accordingly. For example, an unexpected change (extra stops) in a traveler's work schedule or itinerary may necessitate the need for more cash. Transactions at the ATM can be performed to correspond to changes in the schedule. Portions of a personal schedule can also be printed out at an ATM.
The ATMemo software further allows a customer at an ATM to operate their home PC. Their home PC can run remote control software (such as "PC Anywhere") that enables the customer to access their home PC while located at an ATM. This allows a customer at an ATM to get information or data from their home PC, such as financial data or scheduling (e.g., personal calendar). The data reviewed from the home PC can be used to enable the customer to decide whether to perform a transaction at the ATM. For example, from the viewed data the customer can determine how much cash to request, the amount of funds to transfer to another account, how much cash to deposit, etc.
A customer at an ATM can also operate their home PC to run financial programs. For example, the customer may use their home PC to calculate minimum payments on credit card balances. This enables the customer at the ATM to know the amount of funds to leave in certain accounts in order to make the minimum payments. As a result, the customer may avoid requesting cash from affected accounts or obtain the total amount of needed cash over (from) several accounts.
Another feature of ATMemo is the ability of the customer to have ATM dispensed cash marked with removable messages. The ATM can print messages onto removable self-adhesive labels, such as post it notes. The messages can be personally drafted by the customer at the machine. For example, customer-drafted personalized messages may state "This money is for your cousin's graduation gift", "Poker money", and "These funds are to repay Bob". A customer can also select a message from a stored list of shared messages made available by ATMemo. Messages selected from the stored list may include "Happy Birthday!", "Lunch money", and "Budgeted weekly cash allowance". A message drafted by a customer can also be stored for further future use by that customer. ATMemo enables cash to be marked or labeled for allocation to different purposes.
The ATM can dispense a label directly to the customer. An ATMemo customer has the ability to request a label from the ATM with or without a corresponding cash withdrawal request from the ATM. The customer can attach a label to a single currency note or about several currency notes.
The ATM can also place a label (having a message thereon) directly onto a single currency note, as shown in
The ATM can also place a label about a common edge of a plurality (stack) of notes. The label can function to hold the notes together in the stack.
The ATM can attach a label to currency during the carrying out of a cash withdrawal (dispense) request. Thus, a customer not only receives their requested amount of cash from an ATM, but the cash is also labeled by the ATM for specific usage by the customer.
Upon direction from the customer, the ATM can also label different portions of a total amount of requested cash. For example, a customer may make a cash withdrawal request for $100. The customer can instruct the ATM not only to dispense the $100 but also instruct the ATM how to dispense the $100. That is, the manner or form in which the cash is to be dispensed can be dictated by the customer. From the total amount of $100 requested, the customer can cause the ATM to dispense $40 labeled "For flowers", dispense another $40 labeled "Country drive", and dispense the remaining $20 without a label. ATMemo includes software that enables an ATM customer to select cash label allocations in a cash dispensing request.
A label can remain on a note(s) during storage thereof by the customer, such as storage in a wallet or purse. Labels also function to keep different sets of allocated cash separated from each other. For example, a wallet may contain several labeled sets of note(s), with each set separated by a label. The removable note label can later be removed from the note(s) by the customer or another person. Thus, labeled notes can be returned to their original unmarked form.
In alternative embodiments, an ATM can dispense new clean (non circulated) cash when a cash request has been indicated by an ATMemo customer for use as a cash gift. Thus, the ATMemo customer can enjoy the benefit of receiving crisp new bills to give as the gift.
The memo software provides a customer many selectable options concerning when and how their memos are to be requested and displayed at an ATM. Several options have already been discussed. Further retrieval options enable the user to set up the memo retrieval process to have the ATM automatically initiate a check for their memos at ATM logon, without the ATM user having to specifically request the check.
An example of an automatic checking (or precheck) process for memos is shown in
The ATM can immediately send a memo check request (along with the identification) to the database (e.g., data store). The database returns the available memos to the ATM, else the database informs the ATM that there are no memos available that correspond to the provided identification. The ATM can then inform the user whether memos are available for viewing or printing (
The memo retrieval process can be independent of the financial transaction process, as shown in
As previously discussed, the memo software provides a customer many selectable options concerning when and how their memos are to be created, entered for storage, and retrieved. However, the memo software also permits a customer to modify their memos. That is, all of a customer's stored memos can be retrieved (from a data store) for viewing at either a personal computer or an ATM. This enables the customer to modify or delete any of their previously created memos that are currently pending in storage.
One of the options selectable by a customer is the ability to access their electronic memo schedule calendar. With the calendar open, the customer can drag and drop memos to different dates (e.g., change a display date) or remove a memo entirely from the calendar. Memos can also be opened so that the content (e.g., data, language, text, font, graphics, images, etc.) therein can be modified or altered. The electronic calendar allows a customer to send themself a message that is retrievable at an ATM.
Other selectable options enable a customer to access memos without use of the calendar. For example, memos can be accessed or searched by date or between dates. In an exemplary embodiment a customer can also perform a word search on their memos. As a result of the search, the customer would be provided with a list of all memos containing the particular search term. There are also different search methods available to the customer. For example, a particular word may be searched for in the memo's body, title, or both. Thus, an exemplary embodiment of the memo system provides a customer with the ability to remotely access a personal note at ATMs located throughout the world.
Computer software instructions used in operating the automated banking machines and connected computers may be loaded from computer readable media or articles of various types into the respective computers. Such computer software may be included on and loaded from one or more articles such as diskettes, compact disks, CDs, DVDs, tapes, flash memory device, hard drives and/or other internal or portable storage devices placed in operative connection with the automated banking machine. Other articles which include data representative of the instructions for operating computers in the manner described herein are suitable for use in achieving operation of automated banking machines and systems in accordance with exemplary embodiments.
The exemplary embodiments of the automated banking machines and systems described herein have been described with reference to particular software components and features. Other embodiments of the invention may include other or different software components which provide similar functionality.
Thus the new automated banking machine system and method achieves one or more of the above stated objectives, eliminates difficulties encountered in the use of prior devices and systems, solves problems and attains the desirable results described herein.
In the foregoing description certain terms have been used for brevity, clarity and understanding, however no unnecessary limitations are to be implied therefrom because such terms are used for descriptive purposes and are intended to be broadly construed. Moreover, the descriptions and illustrations herein are by way of examples and the invention is not limited to the exact details shown and described.
In the following claims any feature described as a means for performing a function shall be construed as encompassing any means known to those skilled in the art to be capable of performing the recited function, and shall not be limited to the features and structures shown herein or mere equivalents thereof. The description of the exemplary embodiment included in the Abstract included herewith shall not be deemed to limit the invention to features described therein.
Having described the features, discoveries and principles of the invention, the manner in which it is constructed and operated, and the advantages and useful results attained; the new and useful structures, devices, elements, arrangements, parts, combinations, systems, equipment, operations, methods and relationships are set forth in the appended claims.
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|Daniel D. Wasil
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|U.S. Classification
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Apr 2, 2015
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|Aug 17, 2016
Owner name: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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United States District Court, S.D. Illinois
February 13, 2014
JAMES A. COULTER, # B86313, Petitioner,v.MICHAEL MAGANA, Respondent.
DAVID R. HERNDON, Chief District Judge.
Petitioner James A. Coulter, who is currently incarcerated in Stateville Correctional Center ("Stateville"), brings this habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 1). Petitioner is serving concurrent terms of natural life imprisonment for two counts of first degree murder. He now seeks reversal of his 2008 conviction and sentence on constitutional grounds (Doc. 1, p. 24). He also seeks reconsideration of his petition for post-conviction relief.
This matter is now before the Court for a preliminary review of the petition pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases in United States District Courts. Rule 4 provides that upon preliminary consideration by the district court judge, "[i]f it plainly appears from the petition and any attached exhibits that the petitioner is not entitled to relief in the district court, the judge must dismiss the petition and direct the clerk to notify the petitioner." After carefully reviewing the petition and exhibits, the Court concludes that the one-year time limit for filing a § 2254 habeas petition has expired. Accordingly, petitioner is not entitled to relief, and the petition must be dismissed.
Following a jury trial, petitioner was found guilty of two counts of first degree murder (Doc. 1, p. 4). He was sentenced to concurrent terms of natural life imprisonment on March 6, 2008 (Doc. 1, pp. 3, 27-28). Petitioner appealed his conviction on March 12, 2008 (Doc. 1, p. 4). The appellate court affirmed the conviction on September 15, 2009. People v. Coulter , 984 N.E.2d 217 (Ill.App. 2009) (Table). Petitioner then sought review of the appellate court's decision in the Illinois Supreme Court (Doc. 1, p. 4). The Illinois Supreme Court denied his petition for leave to appeal ("PLA") on January 27, 2010. People v. Coulter , 924 N.E.2d 457 (Ill. 2010) (Table) (Doc. 1, pp. 4, 25).
Petitioner also challenged his conviction and sentence in a petition for post-conviction relief, which he filed in Franklin County, Illinois Circuit Court on June 23, 2010 (Doc. 1, p. 5). The trial court summarily dismissed his petition on September 22, 2010 (Doc. 1, pp. 7, 26). Petitioner sought review of the trial court's decision with the appellate court. People v. Coulter , No. 05-10-0548, 2012 WL 7064593, at *1 (Ill.App. 2012) (unpublished). The appellate court affirmed the trial court's summary dismissal of the post-conviction petition on October 18, 2012. Id. Petitioner did not file a PLA with the Illinois Supreme Court until November 13, 2013 (Doc. 2, p. 1).
In the habeas petition, petitioner now seeks reversal of his conviction based on the ineffective assistance of his trial counsel (Doc. 1, p. 12). Petitioner claims that his trial counsel failed to do the following: (1) present his fitness to the trial court; (2) notify the trial court that he was taking psychotropic medication; (3) conduct any pretrial investigation that would have produced impeaching material; (4) produce impeaching audiotapes; (5) investigate the victim's neighbors or their statements; or (6) conduct any pretrial investigation regarding threats allegedly made by the state's attorney against his sister (Doc. 1, pp. 12-21). Petitioner also seeks reversal of his sentence based on the jury's failure to find aggravating factors (i.e., firearm) that were necessary for his sentence enhancement (Doc. 1, pp. 9-11).
Under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1), a petitioner has a one-year period in which to file an application for a writ of habeas corpus. According to § 2244(d)(1)(A), "the statute of limitations... begins to run (i) when all direct criminal appeals in the state system are concluded, followed by either completion or denial of certiorari proceedings before the United States Supreme Court; or (ii) when, if certiorari was not sought, all direct criminal appeals in the state system are concluded, followed by the expiration of the time [90 days] allotted for filing a petition for writ." Anderson v. Litscher , 281 F.3d 672, 674-75 (7th Cir. 2002). Put differently, the limitations period begins to run on "the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration of the time for seeking such review." 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A).
Petitioner's one-year time period for filing a habeas action began to run on April 28, 2010. The Illinois Supreme Court denied his PLA in the direct appeal on January 27, 2010. See People v. Coulter , 924 N.E.2d 457 (Ill. 2010) (Table) (Doc. 1, pp. 4, 25). Petitioner did not file a petition for writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court. Therefore, the statute of limitations for this habeas action began to run after the 90-day period for seeking certiorari review expired. See id. That deadline expired on April 27, 2010. Therefore, the one-year statute of limitations period on this habeas action began to run on April 28, 2010.
Under some circumstances, the one-year limitation period is tolled. According to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2), "[t]he time during which a properly filed application for State post-conviction or other collateral review with respect to the pertinent judgment or claim is pending shall not be counted toward any period of limitation under this subsection" (emphasis added). In petitioner's case, the limitation period was tolled after 56 days, when he properly filed a petition for post-conviction relief in state court on June 23, 2010. Tolling ended after the appellate court affirmed the summary dismissal of the post-conviction petition on October 18, 2012, and petitioner neglected to file a PLA with the Illinois Supreme Court. See Griffith v. Rednour , 614 F.3d 328, 329 (7th Cir. 2010). Petitioner had 35 days to do so. Id. Therefore, after November 22, 2012, the one-year period continued running. At that point, he had 309 days remaining to file the action but failed to do so until 417 days later on January 13, 2014. In all, petitioner allowed 473 days to pass before filing this habeas action. The habeas petition is therefore untimely.
The fact that petitioner belatedly filed a PLA regarding his post-conviction does not change this result. He filed the PLA on November 13, 2013 (Doc. 2). Even if the Illinois Supreme Court allows him to proceed with his appeal, the post-conviction matter was not "pending" between November 23, 2012, and November 13, 2013. See Griffith , 614 F.3d at 330 (citing Fernandez v. Sternes , 227 F.3d 977 (7th Cir. 2000) ("It is sensible to say that a petition continues to be pending' during the period between one court's decision and a timely request for further review by a higher court (provided that such request is filed); it is not sensible to say that the petition continues to be pending' after the time for further review has expired without action to continue litigation.... Fernandez holds that, if a state court accepts an untimely filing, a proceeding is pending' from the paper's filing date.") In other words, the instant habeas action was filed well beyond the one-year deadline, regardless of the Illinois Supreme Court's ultimate decision on the PLA. Based on the foregoing discussion, the habeas petition (Doc. 1) shall be dismissed.
Petitioner has filed a motion to stay (Doc. 2), which shall be denied. In the motion, petitioner seeks equitable tolling of the one-year period for filing this action. A state prisoner is entitled to equitable tolling of the limitations period for filing a federal habeas petition only if he shows: (1) that he has been pursuing his rights diligently; and (2) that some extraordinary circumstance stood in his way and prevented timely filing. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A); Obriecht v. Foster , 727 F.3d 744, 748 (7th Cir. 2013). Petitioner cites his limited legal knowledge, legal assistance, and library access as the reasons he failed to timely file his PLA and habeas petition (Doc. 2, p. 1). However, the motion indicates that "during this time frame, petitioner was informed that he may file his Petition for Habeas Corpus..." (Doc. 2, p. 1). Even so, he made no attempt to do so in a timely manner. Without more, the motion fails to set forth a compelling or adequate reason for granting petitioner's request for equitable tolling in this case. Accordingly, the motion (Doc. 2) is DENIED.
Petitioner has also filed a motion to appoint counsel (Doc. 4), which is DENIED as MOOT.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is DISMISSED with prejudice.
If petitioner wishes to appeal this dismissal, he may file a notice of appeal with this court within thirty days of the entry of judgment. FED. R. APP. P. 4(a)(4). A motion for leave to appeal in forma pauperis ("IFP") should set forth the issues petitioner plans to present on appeal. See FED. R. APP. P. 24(a)(1)(C). If petitioner does choose to appeal and is allowed to proceed IFP, he will be required to pay a portion of the $505.00 appellate filing fee in order to pursue his appeal (the amount to be determined based on his prison trust fund account records for the past six months) irrespective of the outcome of the appeal. See FED. R. APP. P. 3(e); 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2); Ammons v. Gerlinger , 547 F.3d 724, 725-26 (7th Cir. 2008); Sloan v. Lesza , 181 F.3d 857, 858-59 (7th Cir. 1999); Lucien v. Jockisch , 133 F.3d 464, 467 (7th Cir. 1998). A timely motion filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) may toll the 30-day appeal deadline.
Should petitioner desire to appeal this Court's ruling dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, he must first secure a certificate of appealability, either from this Court or from the court of appeals. See FED. R. APP. P. 22(b); 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1). Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, a certificate of appealability may issue "only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right."
This requirement has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to mean that an applicant must show that "reasonable jurists would find the district court's assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong." Slack v. McDaniel , 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). Petitioner need not show that his appeal will succeed, Miller-El v. Cockrell , 537 U.S. 322, 337 (2003), but petitioner must show "something more than the absence of frivolity" or the existence of mere "good faith" on his part. Id. at 338 (citation omitted). If the district court denies the request, a petitioner may request that a circuit judge issue the certificate. FED. R. APP. P. 22(b)(1)-(3).
For the reasons detailed above, the Court has determined that the petition was not timely filed, and therefore petitioner is not entitled to relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Furthermore, the Court finds no basis for a determination that its decision is debatable or incorrect. Thus, petitioner has not made "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right."
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that a certificate of appealability shall NOT be issued.
The Clerk is DIRECTED to close this case and enter judgment accordingly.
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This exceptional commode was made by cabinet maker Antoine-Robert Gaudreaus. Its black and gold decoration is made up of gilded bronzes mounted on Japanese lacquered screens from Louis XIV's collections. Produced in 1744, it was delivered to the Royal Chambers at the Château de Choisy, one of Louis XV's favourite residences.
During the reign of Louis XVI, the commode left Choisy for the Château de Saint-Cloud. It was in the bedroom of Madame Elisabeth, the King's sister, and then in Marie Antoinette's chambers.
The commode in the apartments of Mesdames
Louis XV's Choisy commode has now joined the collections of the Palace of Versailles, rounding out the furnishings in the apartments of Mesdames. It is now in Madame Victoire's bedroom, daughter of Louis XV.
Donation by the Edmond J. Safra Foundation – 2014, thanks to the generosity of Mrs Edmond J. Safra, the Foundation's President.


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GREAT OPPORTUNITY to own this well known Sports Bar in the Muskegon area. The Bonicki's Sports Bistro with almost 20 yrs in business, over 3,000 sq. ft building that is sitting on a corner lot with almost 1 acre, with an overflow parking area included in the sale. High traffic area on M45/Apple Ave, just 2 blocks east of US31 between US31 and Quarterline. 150 ft of rd frontage with over 32,000 car passing by each day, seating for 110 customers. The purchase will include all real estate, structures, inventory, equipment and lots of former customers. With a little clean up and elbow grease it could be a turn key operation. Almost $850,000. invested, now selling at just $399,500. The owner with consider owner financing to qualified buyers. Top past sales of almost $1 million a year.
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WRIT OF ERROR to the Criminal Court of Cook County; the Hon.
ERWIN J. HASTEN, Judge, presiding.
After a bench trial, the defendant, Charles Phillips, was convicted of the unlawful possession of narcotics and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than five years. On this writ of error his sole contention is that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress certain evidence which he contends was the product of an illegal search.
Only two witnesses testified at the hearing on the motion to suppress. The defendant testified that he and three friends were listening to the radio in his apartment on the afternoon of November 11, 1960. "A knock comes to the door and I goes to the door and asked who was it and somebody said `Janitor,' and I put the safety chain to open the door and a terrific force came against the door and three officers rushed in the room with pistols drawn."
Officer Thomas King testified that on the morning of November 11, 1960, he had talked to an informer who said that on the previous evening he had purchased narcotics from the defendant, and that he had then heard arrangements being made for the delivery of a supply of narcotics to the defendant's apartment that afternoon at three o'clock.
The informer agreed to sign an application for a search warrant. The police officer and the informer went to Holiday Court and although the judge and clerk were present, neither a search warrant nor an arrest warrant was obtained. The record does not show whether or not an application for a warrant was actually made. The officers then went to the apartment building identified by the informer. They were told by the janitor that a man named Charles resided in apartment 17. Officer King knocked on the door of the apartment. "Charles Phillips opened the door, at which time I showed him my star, and at the same time his hand opened up and this Winston-Salem [sic] cigarette package fell to the ground and at the same time two people were laying on the bed, I didn't see who they were, one threw the needle and syringe on the floor. * * * I was standing on the outside. I immediately went in and picked up the needle and syringe and my partner picked up the Winston-Salem package." The cigarette package contained four tin-foil packages which contained heroin, and it was this evidence that the defendant sought to suppress.
The case is presented by the defendant upon the theory that the motion to suppress should have been granted because the heroin which was admitted in evidence was the product of an illegal search. We do not so appraise the record. The testimony of the police officer was that there was no entry into the defendant's apartment until after the officer had seen the hypodermic needle and syringe. Possession of those articles, except by physicians and other designated persons, is prohibited by statute. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 38, par. 22-50.) Apart from anything that had theretofore occurred, the officer had personal knowledge that an offense was being committed in his presence at the time that he entered the apartment. This appears to have been the view of the trial judge, who stated that in his opinion there had not been an unlawful entry. No search was necessary to discover the needle and syringe, which were in plain view. The subsequent seizure and opening of the cigarette package which contained the heroin was incidental to a valid arrest, and the motion to suppress was properly denied.
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Complimentary shuttle was very convenient for an excursion to the local brewery.
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Hubli and Mumbai are located at a distance of 575Kms from each other. Mumbai can be reached in about 8hrs 10min.VRL Travels operates close to 13 buses from Hubli to Mumbai. The first bus starts from 02:00 PM and you can catch buses till 10:00 PM. Minimum fare for bus travel along this route is Rs.650, and the maximum fare is close to Rs.2000.
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'Chota Bombay' of North Karnataka, Hubli is the fastest growing town in the state following Bangalore. Gaining increasing popularity day by day for its commercial and industrial importance to the state of Karnataka, Hubli takes its place as a sought after tourist place in India. Hubli being the headquarters of South Western Railway Zone is well connected to the rest of the country by the means of train, busses and flights. The main links from Hubli to Bangalore, Hubli to Goa and Hubli to Chennai are covered by the well linked network of Hubli bus services. The Hubli timings are, though, different but available at a convenient frequency of time periods.
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The staff were not well worsed with internal routing in Mumbai and neither the management sent a personnel instead driver was guided over phone on reaching mumbai But they ensured everybody reach their destination properly and were humble to help
No doubt Bus quality is superb. Vrl management has to think about ladies & infant passenger to. Driver doesnt know to control ac temperature according to outside climate. Giving a blanket is not enough to keep warm for everyone especial for kids. Driver & cleaner have to be trained upto vrl standard. Announcement through mic has to be stooped. On the way ladies toilet has to kept fixed and the cleaner as to inform the same to them. Pls try to compare service given by Mumbai private AC CAB like OLA & UBER. Dont allow cleaner to sleep on exit passage.Little changes will make a lot of difference in business. Hope it will be taken care for all human being.
There was this young kid who was I guess the cleaner was very annoying and not at all polite with anyone. The both bus drivers were very good except this small young kid. ...
Punctuality is very bad. It took additional 4 hrs to reach destination .