Patent ID: 7174322

Claim:
An automatic transaction apparatus connected to a host apparatus of a financial institution via a network, comprising: an input unit configured to receive an input identification number and an input password from a customer; a first controller configured to transmit via the network the input identification number and the input password to the host apparatus connected via the network to a server of an authentication organization which is an official organization different from the financial institution, the server having a first database storing authentication information including a unique identification number allocated to the customer by the authentication organization, the host apparatus having a second database storing customer information including the unique identification number, an account number of an account the customer has at the financial institution, and a password corresponding to the account number, and execute a money transaction based on a result of a collation of the input password with the password included in the customer information retrieved by the host apparatus from the second database based on the authentication information which is retrieved by the host apparatus from the first database based on the input identification number, the collation being performed by the host apparatus; a reading unit configured to read the input information related to the unique identification number as the input identification number from a recording medium different from a card that is issued by the financial institution; a type decision/character recognition section for deciding a type of identification medium on which the unique identification number is printed; and a second controller configured to control the input unit to allow the customer to select inputting the input identification number manually via the input unit or automatically via the reading unit using the recoding medium, wherein the unique identification number is at least one of a basic pension number, a basic resident register number, a driving license number, a health insurance card number, and a passport number.