US 11,704,982 B2
Automated teller machine card ejection mechanism
Stephen Young, Keswick, VA (US); Matthew Kolesaric, Mechanicsville, VA (US); and Michael Kidd, Litchfield, NH (US)
Assigned to Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/647,371.
Application 17/647,371 is a continuation of application No. 17/028,537, filed on Sep. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,222,514.
Prior Publication US 2022/0130215 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G07F 19/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01)
CPC G07F 19/204 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/1085 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G07F 19/21 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
retracting, by an object ejection component of an automated teller machine (ATM), a physical object;
determining, by the ATM and before the physical object is removed from the object ejection component, a number of times that a physical object has been ejected from the object ejection component or has been retracted by the object ejection component;
determining, by the ATM and before the physical object is removed from the object ejection component, whether the number of times that the physical object has been ejected from the object ejection component or has been retracted by the object ejection component satisfies a threshold amount;
when a determination that the number of times that the physical object has been ejected from the object ejection component or has been retracted by the object ejection component does not satisfy the threshold amount:
ejecting the physical object using the objection ejection component; and
when a determination that the number of times that the physical object has been ejected from the object ejection component or has been retracted by the object ejection component satisfies the threshold amount,
retaining the physical object, and
causing a user device associated with the physical object to be notified.