Diebold granted US patents for ATM control via cellphone
Diebold may have mobile to ATM communications sewn up with a slew of recently announced patents. Using either a cellphone or PDA, users will be able to perform a handful of banking chores from controlling the ATM with your cell via its keypad and screen to using it make payments in a store. A standout in the crowd is the ability to "order" cash from an ATM without ever having to swipe your card and therefore reduce the likelihood of somebody capturing your card's data or see you entering your PIN number. We'd love to be able to pickup a latte using our cellphone as the vehicle for payment, but pre-ordering cash from an ATM seems a wee bit scary -- specially in light of Diebold's voting machine troubles.
Filed under: Handsets
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Verizon customer @ Aug 29th 2007 4:03PM
Say it with me now. "Wireless is not always the answer."
paragraph @ Aug 29th 2007 4:29PM
You need to be at the ATM to get the cash in the first place no?
Then why the hell would you want to have a wireless means of entering in your data?
Thats like using a remote to eject toast from a toaster when there are homeless people around (no offense), you're not going to get the toast if you're not standing right up next to the toaster, and your sure as shoot not going to get any money you pop out of an atm from across the room.
I guess the nifty thing here is that you have yet another use for that now wonder-device called a cellphone... as if it needed it.
Al @ Aug 29th 2007 4:31PM
I guess people would welcome this news if Diebold wasn't awarded the patent.
Just one more step to catching up with the Japanese.
sr1329 @ Aug 29th 2007 4:47PM
It's about f'n time. They've had this in Japan for years.