Patent ID: 6941274

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a financial transaction machine, wherein the machine includes a customer user side and a merchant user side, wherein the customer user side includes a sheet opening, wherein the merchant user side includes a sheet opening, wherein the machine further includes an imaging device providing image input signals, and an audio input device providing audio input signals, and at least one transaction function device, whereby a merchant user adjacent to the merchant user side of the machine causes image input signals to be generated and the voice of the merchant user causes audio input signals to be generated; a processor, the processor being in operative connection with the imaging device, the audio input device, and the transaction function device, the processor also being in operative connection with a data store, wherein the data store includes data corresponding to a plurality of merchant users, the merchant user data for each merchant user including identity data corresponding to the merchant user, image data corresponding to an appearance feature of the merchant user, and voice data corresponding to a voice feature of the merchant user; wherein the processor is operative responsive to the image input signals to resolve first identity data, and the processor is operative responsive to the audio input signals to resolve second identity data, and wherein the processor is operative to compare the first and second identity data for a level of correlation and to enable merchant user operation of the transaction function device when the level of correlation is reached.