Patent ID: 8172133

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) outputting instructions associated with operation of an automated banking machine, through a display of the machine responsive at least in part to operation of at least one processor in the machine, wherein the machine includes at least one of a card reader and a biometric reader operative to read data usable to identify at least one of a machine user and an account, wherein the machine is operative to cause a financial transaction associated with an account to be carried out; (b) causing at least one facial image to be output through the display, responsive at least in part to communication with a service provider (SP) station remote from the machine; (c) capturing with an image capture device at the SP station, at least one SP facial image corresponding to a service provider's face; (d) producing SP facial image data through operation of at least one computer; responsive at least in part to at least one SP facial image captured in (c); and (e) modifying the SP facial image data produced in (d) at least in part through operation of image transformation software operating in the at least one computer, to produce modified facial image data; wherein the at least one facial image in (b) corresponds to the modified facial image data produced in (e), wherein the at least one facial image in (b) has an appearance different from that of the at least one SP facial image captured in (c).