Access card for multiple accounts
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1. In a self-service kiosk, the improvement comprising:
- a) code-accepting means for accepting a code from a user;
b) means fori) contacting a remote database, andii) retrieving a plurality of account numbers from said database which are associated with said codesiii) retrieving a Personal Identification Number. PIN, for each account number;
iv) presenting said account numbers to the user;
v) prompting the user to select an account number;
vi) prompting the user to enter a PIN for the selected account number; and
vii) if the PIN entered matches that associated with the selected account number, transmitting the selected account number to a system which is different from said remote database.
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Abstract
A system for ascertaining identity of a customer based on a single card carried by the customer. The card bears a machine-readable code, which is transmitted to a database at a remote location. The database locates a record associated with the code, which contains one or more account numbers. Associated with each account number is a Personal Identification Number, PIN. (It is possible that all PINs are identical.) The customer selects an account number, and is asked for a PIN. If the PIN given by the customer matches that of the account number, the customer is concluded to be the valid owner of the account, and a transaction is allowed to proceed.
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1. In a self-service kiosk, the improvement comprising:
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a) code-accepting means for accepting a code from a user; b) means for i) contacting a remote database, and ii) retrieving a plurality of account numbers from said database which are associated with said codes iii) retrieving a Personal Identification Number. PIN, for each account number; iv) presenting said account numbers to the user; v) prompting the user to select an account number; vi) prompting the user to enter a PIN for the selected account number; and vii) if the PIN entered matches that associated with the selected account number, transmitting the selected account number to a system which is different from said remote database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of ascertaining identity of a person at a kiosk, comprising the following steps:
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a) accepting a card from the person, which bears a machine-readable code; b) using said code, retrieving (i) a plurality of Personal Identification Numbers, PINs, and (ii) a plurality of account numbers, each being associated with a respective PIN. from a database situated at a first remote location; c) accepting a personal PIN from said person; d) at the kiosk, comparing said personal PIN with one, or more, of said plurality of PINs; and e) if the personal PIN matches that associated with one of said account numbers transmitting that account number to a system located at a second remote location. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of ascertaining identity of a person who is undertaking a transaction, comprising the following steps:
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a) accepting a card from the person i) on which resides a machine-readable number, and ii) which contains no information identifying its owner or a system issuing the card; b) transmitting said code to a remote database; c) receiving, from said database, a plurality of account numbers, each associated with a respective PIN; d) accepting a personal PIN from said person; e) inquiring whether said personal PIN matches at least one of said plurality of PINs; and f) if a match of PINs is found, transmitting the account number associated with the matching PIN to a remote system, which is different from the remote database.
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