Method for the acquisition and subsequent generation of data for a user of a self-service terminal

A method for acquisition and subsequent generation of data for a user (2) of a self-service terminal (1) which includes at least one display (10) and at least one input field (100), comprising the following method steps:

• a) displaying a plurality of different products and/or services stored in an internal or external database on the display (10), which are made available to the user (2) for selection using the at least one input field (100);
• b) at least temporarily storing the data collected by the user (2) for further utilization as part of the product and/or service selection;
• c) reading in a user's original values from at least one official photographic document and/or electronic document on an electronic medium by at least one reading element (11) for acquiring official photographic documents and/or documents stored on an electronic medium;
• d) optically acquiring a document-specific feature of the user and storing it at least temporarily;
• e) checking authenticity and/or legitimacy by comparing the acquired document-specific feature against the user's original values read in from the photographic document and/or from the electronic document;
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• f) in case of a positive authenticity and/or legitimacy check, generating and subsequently outputting and/or transmitting to the user (2) and/or to one or more recipients an electronic and/or haptic document, which authorizes the user (2) to receive and/or to access and/or carry out the product and/or service selection made in a).

A self-service terminal (1) for acquisition and subsequent generation of data for a user, comprising:

• at least one display (10);
• at least one input field (100);
• a database or an access unit to an external database having different products and/or services, which are made available to the user (2) on the display (10) for selection by the at least one input field (100);
• a memory or an access unit to an external memory for storing, at least temporarily, the data collected from the user (2) as part of the product selection for further utilization;
• a reading element (11) by which official photographic documents and/or documents stored on an electronic medium and at least one document-specific feature are acquired and at least temporarily stored;
• an evaluation unit or an access unit to an external evaluation unit for carrying out an authenticity and/or legitimacy check by comparing all data and photographs collected against the original values of the user stored in the photographic document and/or on the electronic document;
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• an output element (12) by which, in case of a positive authenticity and/or legitimacy check, an electronic and/or haptic document is output and/or transmitted to the user (2) and/or to one or more recipients, which authorizes the user (2) to receive and/or to access and/or to carry out the product and/or service selection.