Abstract: In a remote maintenance system for automated teller machine comprising an automated teller machine for performing automatic transaction of cash and a supervisory arrangement for remotely supervising the automated teller machine, imaging means for imaging the operational state inside the automated teller machine is provided in the automated teller machine, and in the supervisory arrnagement, means for displaying information indicative of a picture imaged by the imaging means and command means for commanding the automated teller machine to perform requisite operations are provided.

Abstract: An advance transaction processing method in a transaction processing system for conducting transaction by inserting a card as a recording medium into an automatic teller machine by a user and carrying out input operation by the user, involves registering transaction assigning data for assigning transaction operation to be conducted by the user, a transaction restriction condition, and card identifying data on the card carried by the user; allowing an internal storage or a storage of the central processing unit connected to the automatic teller machine to store a transaction-operational procedure by using the transaction assigning data as a key for search; confirming as to whether the transaction restriction condition is satisfied, when the card is inserted into the automatic teller machine; reading the transaction-operational procedure by using the transaction assigning data recorded on the card as the key for search; and allowing the automatic teller machine to execute the processing for the transaction in a