Patent ID: 8321346

Claim:
A system for performing a financial transaction using a portable device and an automated teller machine comprising: the portable device configured for: executing an application configured to communicate with the automated teller machine; receiving a first user input specifying transaction information comprising at least a personal identification code for a transaction and a second user input specifying supplemental information, wherein the first user input and the second input are audible inputs that the portable device converts into a non-audible first user input specifying the transaction information and a non-audible second user input specifying supplemental information; generating a first graphic symbol specifying the transaction information and a second graphic symbol specifying the supplemental information; and displaying the first graphic symbol and the second graphic symbol upon a display screen of the portable device; and the automated teller machine including: a graphic symbol reader for continuously scanning any graphic symbol placed within a scanning zone of the automated teller machine and reading graphic symbols; a modem for communicating with an information processing system; a display screen or a speaker for prompting the user to provide supplemental information; and a processor configured to decipher transaction information and supplemental information from scanned graphic symbols, initiate communications via said modem, and process the transaction according to said communications; and wherein the automated teller machine is configured to send, during the transaction processing, to the portable device a transmission comprising promotional information from the automated teller machine via the display screen or the speaker of the automated teller machine, wherein the promotional information is targeted for the user.