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US 6,604,680 B2Granted
Automatic transaction system
AssigneeOki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshitaka Hamaguchi
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Abstract
An automatic transaction system is provided which is capable of easily transmitting money between a payer or a recipient even if the recipient has no account in a financial institution. The automatic transaction system includes an automatic teller machine (ATM), a terminal, and a connecting device. The automatic transaction system is made up of a storing section, an obtaining section, and a communicating unit. The connecting device has a destination designating section. The terminal has a recognizing unit, an inputting section, and a communicating section.
Claims8
An automatic transaction system comprising:
- an automatic teller machine (ATM) to be used by a recipient to have a payer transmit money corresponding to an amount of money to be transferred from an account of said payer;
- a terminal to be used by said payer for money transmission;
- a connecting device to connect said ATM to said terminal;
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- wherein said ATM is provided with a storing section to store specifying information to specify oneself, an obtaining section to obtain designating information to designate said terminal and identifying information to identify said recipient, and a communicating unit for transmitting said specifying information, said designating information and said identifying information to connecting device;
- said connecting device has a destination designating section to designate said ATM and said terminal, and make the designated said ATM and said terminal connect for transmitting and receiving any information between said ATM and said terminal, based on said specifying information and said designating information;
- said terminal provided with a identifying unit to make, when said identifying information is received, said payer identify said recipient based on said identifying information, an inputting section to have said payer input account information including an amount of money, and a communicating unit to transmit said account information to said connecting device for further transferring said account information to said ATM.
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