Cardless automated teller transactions
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing automated financial transactions without the use of a card, the apparatus comprising:
- a user input device to receive a user identifier from a user;
a biometric device to acquire biometric information of the user;
a communication device to communicate with a remote financial services provider;
a storage device including a database of user information, including stored biometric information on the user;
a processor configured to;
access the database to obtain the stored biometric information on the user, confirm the identity of the user using the acquired biometric information and the stored biometric information on the user and without using information obtained from a card, and transmit a message to the remote financial services provider confirming the identity of the user when the identity of the user is confirmed.
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Abstract
A cardless automated financial transaction apparatus includes an input device configured to generate an input signal corresponding to a customer identifier in response to actuation of the input device by a customer, a biometric device configured to receive biometric information about the customer, a storage device including a database of customer information, the customer information including stored biometric information, a connection to a banking network provider, and an electronic processor. The processor is configured to receive the input signals from the input device, receive biometric information from the biometric device, and access the database of customer information in response to the input signals to obtain data about the customer identified by the customer identifier, the data including stored biometric information for the customer. The processor then compares the received biometric information to the stored biometric information, and provides a message to the banking network provider confirming the customer'"'"'s identity when the received biometric information matches the stored biometric information.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing automated financial transactions without the use of a card, the apparatus comprising:
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a user input device to receive a user identifier from a user;
a biometric device to acquire biometric information of the user;
a communication device to communicate with a remote financial services provider;
a storage device including a database of user information, including stored biometric information on the user;
a processor configured to;
access the database to obtain the stored biometric information on the user, confirm the identity of the user using the acquired biometric information and the stored biometric information on the user and without using information obtained from a card, and transmit a message to the remote financial services provider confirming the identity of the user when the identity of the user is confirmed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An apparatus for providing automated financial transactions without the use of a card, the apparatus comprising:
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a user input device to receive a user identifier from a user;
a biometric device to acquire biometric information of the user;
a communication device to communicate with a remote banking provider;
a local storage device including a database of user information, including stored biometric information for each of a plurality of users, including said user;
a cash dispenser; and
a processor configured to;
use the user identifier to access the database to obtain information on the user, including stored biometric information on the user, without using information obtained from a card, confirm the identity of the user using the acquired biometric information and the stored biometric information on the user and without using information obtained from a card, and transmit a message to the remote banking provider confirming the identity of the user when the identity of the user is confirmed. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. An apparatus for providing automated financial transactions without the use of a card, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a user identifier from a user;
means for acquiring biometric information of the user;
means for communicating with a remote financial services provider;
means for locally storing a database of user information, including stored biometric information on the user;
means for accessing the database to obtain the stored biometric information on the user, means for confirming the identity of the user using the acquired biometric information and the stored biometric information on the user and without using information obtained from a card, and means for transmitting a message to the remote financial services provider confirming the identity of the user when the identity of the user is confirmed. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
cash dispensing means for dispensing cash to the user; and
means for causing the cash dispensing means to dispense cash to the user in response to a message received from the remote financial services provider.
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8. An apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein the financial services provider is a banking provider.
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9. A method of providing automated financial transactions without the use of a card, the apparatus comprising:
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receiving a user identifier from a user;
acquiring biometric information of the user;
communicating with a remote financial services provider;
storing locally a database of user information, including stored biometric information on the user;
accessing the database to obtain the stored biometric information on the user, confirming the identity of the user using the acquired biometric information and the stored biometric information on the user and without using information obtained from a card, and transmitting a message to the remote financial services provider confirming the identity of the user when the identity of the user is confirmed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A retrofit module for configuring an automated banking teller to provide careless automated teller transactions, the automated teller machine having an input device, a card reader, and a cash dispenser, the retrofit module comprising:
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an input/output (I/O) port configured to receive an input signal from the automated teller machine, the input signal representing a user identifier received from the user by the user input device of the automated teller machine;
a biometric device to acquire biometric information of the user;
a communication device to communicate with a remote financial services provider;
a local storage device including a database of user information, including stored biometric information on the user;
a processor configured to;
access the user database to obtain the stored biometric information on the user, confirm the identity of the user using the acquired biometric information and the stored biometric information on the user and without using information obtained from a card, and output a message at the I/O port indicating the identity of the user has been confirmed when the identity of the user is confirmed.
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13. An apparatus for providing automated payroll distribution without the use of a card, the apparatus comprising:
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a biometric device to acquire biometric information of a user;
a storage device including a database of user information, including a stored payroll amount for the user;
a cash dispenser; and
a processor configured to;
confirm the identity of the user using the acquired biometric information and without using information obtained from a card, and if the identity of the user is confirmed, cause the cash dispenser to dispense cash to the user according to the stored payroll amount for the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for providing automated payroll distribution without the use of a card, the apparatus comprising:
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a user input device to receive a user identifier from a user;
a biometric device to acquire biometric information of the user;
a local storage device including a database of user information, including stored biometric information and a stored payroll amount for each of a plurality of users, including said user;
a cash dispenser; and
a processor configured to;
access the stored biometric information using the user identifier, confirm the identity of the user using the acquired biometric information and the stored biometric information for the user and without using information obtained from a card, and if the identity of the user is confirmed, cause the cash dispenser to dispense cash to the user in an amount based on the stored payroll amount for the user.
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19. An apparatus for providing automated payroll distribution without the use of a card, the method comprising:
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means for acquiring biometric information of a user;
means for storing locally a database of user information, including a stored payroll amount for the user;
means for confirming the identity of the user using the acquired biometric information and without using information obtained from a card; and
means for dispensing cash to the user according to the stored payroll amount for the user if the identity of the user is confirmed. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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24. A method of providing automated payroll distribution without the use of a card, the method comprising:
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using a biometric device to acquire biometric information of a user;
storing locally a database of user information, including a stored payroll amount for the user;
confirming the identity of the user using the acquired biometric information and without using information obtained from a card; and
if the identity of the user is confirmed, dispensing cash to the user according to the stored payroll amount for the user.
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