Patent ID: 7451116

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an automated teller machine (ATM), wherein the ATM includes: at least one computer processor in the ATM; at least one input device in operative connection with the at least one computer processor; at least one display device in operative connection with the at least one computer processor, wherein the at least one computer processor is programmed to be responsive to at least one first input through the at least one input device to cause the at least one display device to output a visual representation of at least one electronic document through the display device; and a card reader in operative connection with the at least one computer processor, wherein the at least one computer processor is programmed to cause the card reader to read at least one financial account number from a card, wherein the at least one computer processor is programmed to be responsive to at least one second input through the at least one input device to cause a remote server to: access a private key responsive to the at least one financial account number read from the card; and cause the at least one electronic document for which the visual representation is outputted through the at least one display device, to be digitally signed with the private key accessed by the remote server.