Patent ID: 8548912

Claim:
A method, comprising: prior to a user of a mobile device physically interacting with a currency dispensing device: initiating a transaction by the mobile device, wherein the transaction involves use of the currency dispensing device; receiving and storing information associated with the transaction by the mobile device; communicating, by the mobile device and to a financial institution associated with the currency dispensing device, information identifying a geographic location of the mobile device; receiving, by the mobile device and from the financial institution associated with the currency dispensing device, confirmation that the currency dispensing device is available for performing the transaction, wherein the confirmation that the currency dispensing device is available for performing the transaction is based at least in part on the information identifying the geographic location of the mobile device; detecting, by the mobile device, a network within a predetermined range of the mobile device, the network being associated with the currency dispensing device; connecting, by the mobile device, to the detected network; transmitting the transaction information to the currency dispensing device prior to the user of the mobile device physically interacting with the currency dispensing device; and receiving a confirmation of receipt of the transaction information from the currency dispensing device, the confirmation including an authorization code configured for at least one of: retrieving the transaction at the currency dispensing device and confirming completion of the transaction.