Patent ID: 8356748

Claim:
A method comprising: operating at least one computer associated with an automated transaction machine to (a) cause the machine to obtain a first form of user identifying data from a user during a user session with the machine; (b) subsequently cause, responsive at least in part to a determination that the first form of user identifying data obtained in (a) does not correspond to authorized user data in at least one authorized user data store, the machine to obtain at least one additional form of user identifying data from the user during the session, wherein the at least one additional form of user identifying data differs from the first form of user identifying data; and (c) subsequently cause, responsive at least in part to a determination that at least one additional form of user identifying data obtained by the machine in (b) corresponds to authorized user data in the at least one authorized user data store, both (ci) the machine to allow during the session, the user to request a transaction involving a financial account associated with the at least one additional form of user identifying data which corresponds to authorized user data in the at least one authorized user data store, and (cii) the at least one authorized user data store to be updated with authorized user data corresponding to the first form of user identifying data received in (a).