ATM/KIOSK Cash Acceptance
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for sending cash among customers of an authorized agent using ATM/KIOSKS, and cell phones of said customers, comprising the following steps:
- (a) entities become customers of said agent by providing secret pin codes and cell phone numbers to uniquely indentify said customers to said agent, and by authorizing said agent to maintain financial accounts on behalf of said customers, said accounts being logically associated with information that uniquely identifies and links said cell phones to said customers using computer-implemented application software provided by said agent on said cell phones.(b) said customers send cash to other said customers by inputting into said ATM/KIOSKS cash amounts, said pin codes and said cell phone numbers of said customers who are sending, and said cell phone numbers of said customers who are receiving said cash amounts.
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Abstract
In one aspect, this invention relates to a new method for using a mobile telephone, in conjunction with a payment transaction server, as an authentication and cash payment device of a cash deposit made into an ATM/KIOSK for a variety of financial transactions where a cash payment is desired. Further, the transaction systems and methods for mobile telephone devices described herein allow a mobile telephone to participate in payment transactions in a manner that helps prevent identify theft and without relying on transferring amounts to/from one stored value account to another. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to enable a searcher to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
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31 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for sending cash among customers of an authorized agent using ATM/KIOSKS, and cell phones of said customers, comprising the following steps:
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(a) entities become customers of said agent by providing secret pin codes and cell phone numbers to uniquely indentify said customers to said agent, and by authorizing said agent to maintain financial accounts on behalf of said customers, said accounts being logically associated with information that uniquely identifies and links said cell phones to said customers using computer-implemented application software provided by said agent on said cell phones. (b) said customers send cash to other said customers by inputting into said ATM/KIOSKS cash amounts, said pin codes and said cell phone numbers of said customers who are sending, and said cell phone numbers of said customers who are receiving said cash amounts. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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2. The method of claim 2 wherein said step to send cash, further comprises said customers send cash debited against said financial accounts to other said customers.
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8. A computer-implemented method for processing payment transactions initiated using a mobile telephone as both a payment device and as an ATM/KIOSK authentication device for making cash deposits, comprising:
- receiving a request to enroll a mobile telephone in a payment transaction system, wherein the request includes an indication of an identity of an individual enrolling the mobile telephone and the telephone number of the mobile telephone;
establishing a bank account for the mobile telephone, wherein the bank account is tied to both the individual and the telephone number of the mobile telephone received with the request; and
providing a payment application for installation on the mobile telephone, wherein the payment application, when executed on the mobile telephone, allows the individual to initiate payment transactions using the mobile telephone as both the payment device and ATM/KIOSK authentication device for making cash payments. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- receiving a request to enroll a mobile telephone in a payment transaction system, wherein the request includes an indication of an identity of an individual enrolling the mobile telephone and the telephone number of the mobile telephone;
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16. A computer-readable storage medium containing a program, which, when executed on a processor performs an operation for processing cash payment transactions initiated using a mobile telephone to authenticate a cash payment made at an ATM/KIOSK, the operation comprising:
- receiving a request to enroll a mobile telephone in a cash payment transaction system, wherein the request includes an indication of an identity of an individual enrolling the mobile telephone and the telephone number of the mobile telephone;
establishing a bank account for the mobile telephone, wherein the bank account is tied to both the individual and the telephone number of the mobile telephone received with the request; and
providing a cash payment application for installation on the mobile telephone, wherein the cash payment application, when installed and executed on the mobile telephone, allows the individual to initiate cash payment transactions using the mobile telephone to authenticate the identity of the individual making the cash payment at an ATM/KIOSK. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- receiving a request to enroll a mobile telephone in a cash payment transaction system, wherein the request includes an indication of an identity of an individual enrolling the mobile telephone and the telephone number of the mobile telephone;
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24. A system, comprising:
- a processor and a memory containing a transaction server, which when executed by the processor performs an operation for processing cash payment transactions initiated using a mobile telephone to authenticate a cash payment deposited into an ATM/KIOSK, the operation comprising;
receiving a request to enroll a mobile telephone in a payment transaction system, wherein the request includes an indication of an identity of an individual enrolling the mobile telephone and the telephone number of the mobile telephone, and establishing a bank account for the mobile telephone, wherein the bank account is tied to both the individual and the telephone number of the mobile telephone received with the request; and
a cash payment application for installation on the mobile telephone, wherein the cash payment application, when installed and executed on the mobile telephone, communicates with the transaction server to initiate payment transactions using the mobile telephone to authenticate the identity of the individual making the cash payment deposit at an ATM/KIOSK. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
- a processor and a memory containing a transaction server, which when executed by the processor performs an operation for processing cash payment transactions initiated using a mobile telephone to authenticate a cash payment deposited into an ATM/KIOSK, the operation comprising;
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