ATM transaction authorization based on user location verification
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- (a) operating at least one computer responsive at least in part to user data read by at least one reader device of a self-service automated banking machine,wherein the machine includes a cash dispenser, andwherein the user data is usable to identify a financial account,to(ai) determine machine location data corresponding to location of the machine, and(aii) determine vehicle location data corresponding to current location of at least one vehicle linked in at least one data store to the financial account;
(b) responsive at least in part to location correspondence betweenthe machine location data determined in (ai), andthe vehicle location data determined in step (aii),authorizing a transaction that involves the cash dispenser and the financial account.
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Abstract
An automated banking machine transaction request is authorized based on the determined location of an authorized user relative to the machine. Identification of an authorized machine user is linked to a remotely locatable item (e.g., a cell phone) of the authorized user. A machine receiving the user identification causes the location of the cell phone to be determined. A comparison is then made of the cell phone location and the machine location. If the locations correspond, then the current machine user is recognized as the authorized user and machine transactions are permitted. If the locations do not correspond, then the current user is denied transactions at the machine. The security arrangement helps prevent an unauthorized person from using a fraudulent machine card to access a financial account.
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) operating at least one computer responsive at least in part to user data read by at least one reader device of a self-service automated banking machine, wherein the machine includes a cash dispenser, and wherein the user data is usable to identify a financial account, to (ai) determine machine location data corresponding to location of the machine, and (aii) determine vehicle location data corresponding to current location of at least one vehicle linked in at least one data store to the financial account; (b) responsive at least in part to location correspondence between the machine location data determined in (ai), and the vehicle location data determined in step (aii), authorizing a transaction that involves the cash dispenser and the financial account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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(a) operating an automated banking machine system to read user data inputted by a user of the machine system, wherein the machine system includes at least one data reader, wherein the machine system is associated with a vehicle drive through lane, wherein the user data is associated in at least one data store with account data corresponding to a financial account, wherein the account data is associated in the at least one data store with vehicle identifying data; (b) operating the machine system to read identifier data from a vehicle located in the vehicle drive through lane; and (c) operating the machine system to allow the user to carry out a transaction involving the financial account, responsive at least in part to a determination that the identifier data read in (b) corresponds to the vehicle identifying data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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(a) operating at least one computer to determine whether a vehicle that is linked in at least one data store with a financial account, is located adjacent to an automated banking machine; (b) operating the at least one computer to either; (bi) approve a transaction that would involve the machine and the account, responsive at least in part to a positive determination in (a);
or(bii) disapprove a transaction that would involve the machine and the account, responsive at least in part to a negative determination in (a). - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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