Patent ID: 6928420

Claim:
An automated transaction apparatus for processing a first transaction including a withdrawal transaction, and a second transaction with a user by using a card, comprising: a first line unit for enabling communications with a first data processing device connected via a private line; a second line unit for enabling communication with a second data processing device connected via a commercial line including the Internet; an operating unit for enabling the user to select either said first transaction or said second transaction; and a controller for controlling to perform said first transaction including the withdrawal transaction by connecting with said first data processing device through the first line unit when said first transaction is selected by said operating unit and for controlling to perform said second transaction by connecting said second data processing device through the second line unit when said second transaction is selected by said operating unit, wherein said controller encrypts data related to said first transaction requiring processing by said first data processing device, generates an encryption key for decoding said encrypted data, sends said encryption key to said first data processing device, sends said encrypted data to said second data processing device, and causes said second data processing device to send said encrypted data to said first data processing device.