Method of verifying signatures and forms carrier for use thereon

Claim 1

The new use for conducting a banking transaction of apparatus including: a voice answer back system having a digital computer at a central location, a plurality of input/output devices at remote locations each having data entry means for transmitting encoded numbers to said computer and each having means for receiving an audible message from said computer, and a microfilm reader at each of said remote locations, said new use comprising: keying the account number and amount to be withdrawn by a patron at one of said remote locations into the input/output device of said voice answer/back system for transmission of said account number and amount to be withdrawn to said computer, receiving from said computer a signature card address and account balance for each received account number, at which time the computer debits the amount to be withdrawn from said balance, automatically transmitting an audible message from said computer to said remote location, said message containing an authorization for completion of the transaction and a signature card address, retrieving on said microfilm reader the image of the signature card specified by said signature card address, and comparing the signature on said signature card with the signature of the patron to insure that the patron withdrawing is authorized to do so.