Patent ID: 8146802

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine includes a card data reader device, wherein the reader device is operative to read imaged card data corresponding to a customer account number and a second number which differs from the customer account number, wherein the reader device is operative to read imaged card data while the imaged card data is located outside of the automated banking machine, at least one computer, wherein the at least one computer is operative to generate a random number, wherein the at least one computer is in operative connection with the reader device, wherein subsequent to imaged card data reading operation of the reader device, the at least one computer is operative to determine the customer account number and the second number corresponding to the read imaged card data, wherein the at least one computer is operative to determine whether the second number corresponds to the random number, wherein subsequent to customer account number determining operation of the at least one computer, the automated banking machine is operative to carry out a transaction involving the customer account number.