# US 2025/0148544 A1 · Currency Tracking and Accounting Systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0148544 A1 - Document ID: US20250148544A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/017,389 - Filed: 2025-01-10 - Published: 2025-05-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-23 - Assignees: JCM American Corporation - Applicants: JCM American Corporation - Inventors: David C. Kubajak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250148544A1 ## CPC - G06Q 40/12: Accounting - G07F 17/3246: {involving coins and/or banknotes} - G06K 7/1417: {2D bar codes} - G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06Q 20/1085: {involving automatic teller machines [ATMs]} - G06Q 30/0185: {Product, service or business identity fraud} - G07D 11/30: Tracking or tracing valuable papers or cassettes - G07F 17/3248: {involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value} - G07F 17/3255: {Incentive, loyalty and/or promotion schemes, e.g. comps, gaming associated with a purchase, gaming funded by advertisements} - G07F 19/20: {Automatic teller machines [ATMs]} - G08B 21/18: Status alarms (G08B21/02 takes precedence) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS ## Abstract Devices, systems and methods are provided to enable casino operators to track and account for printed casino currency items. In one example, a currency accounting system includes a currency scanner, a network communications interface, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, from the currency scanner, an identifier of a printed casino currency item; transmit the identifier of the printed casino currency item via the network communications interface to a remote currency tracker; receive, via the network communications interface and in response to transmission of the identifier of the printed casino currency item, an identifier of a currency acceptance location through which the printed casino currency item passed; and generate a currency report using the identifier of the printed casino currency item and the identifier of the currency acceptance location. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A currency accounting system, comprising: a currency scanner; a network communications interface; and a processor configured to: receive, from the currency scanner, an identifier of a printed casino currency item; transmit the identifier of the printed casino currency item via the network communications interface to a remote currency tracker; receive, via the network communications interface and in response to transmission of the identifier of the printed casino currency item, an identifier of a currency acceptance location through which the printed casino currency item passed; and generate a currency report using the identifier of the printed casino currency item and the identifier of the currency acceptance location. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The currency accounting system of claim 1, further comprising: a currency feeder configured to retrieve the printed casino currency item from a currency container and feed the printed casino currency item into the currency scanner. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The currency accounting system of claim 2, wherein: the identifier of the currency acceptance location comprises a first identifier; and the processor is further configured to: receive a second identifier of a currency acceptance location associated with the currency container; compare the first identifier to the second identifier; and alert a user when the first identifier differs from the second identifier. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The currency accounting system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, and transmit via the network communications interface, identifiers of a plurality of printed casino currency items; and receive, via the network communications interface, an identifier of one or more currency acceptance locations through which the plurality of printed casino currency items passed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The currency accounting system of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a total value of the plurality of printed casino currency items. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The currency accounting system of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to sort the plurality of printed casino currency items by at least one of: denomination value; printed casino currency type; or currency acceptance location. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The currency accounting system of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to alert a user when different printed casino currency items in the plurality of printed casino currency items have passed through different currency acceptance locations. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The currency accounting system of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to alert a user when a currency acceptance location is not received for an item in the plurality of printed casino currency items. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The currency accounting system of claim 1, wherein: the processor is configured to: receive, via the network communications interface and in response to the transmission of the identifier of the printed casino currency item, identifiers of at least two currency acceptance locations and at least one currency dispensing location through which the printed casino currency item passed; and generate the currency report using the identifiers of the at least two currency acceptance locations and the at least one currency dispensing location. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The currency accounting system of claim 1, wherein the identifier of the printed casino currency item comprises a serial number. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The currency accounting system of claim 1, wherein the identifier of the currency acceptance location comprises an identifier of a currency acceptance device or currency scanner. ### Claim 12 A currency accounting system, comprising: a currency scanner; a network communications interface; and a processor configured to: receive, from the currency scanner, identifiers of a first set of printed casino currency items; receive an identifier of a location through which the first set of printed casino currency items passed; transmit the identifier of the location via the network communications interface to a remote currency tracker; receive, via the network communications interface and in response to transmission of the identifier of the location, identifiers of a second set of printed casino currency items; compare the identifiers of the first set to the identifiers of the second set; and generate a currency report based on the comparison of the identifiers of the first set to the identifiers of the second set. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The currency accounting system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to alert a user when the comparison of the identifiers of the first set to the identifiers of the second set indicates a mismatch. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The currency accounting system of claim 12, wherein the identifier of the location through which the first set of printed casino currency items passed comprises an identifier of a casino acceptance location. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The currency accounting system of claim 12, wherein the identifier of the location through which the first set of printed casino currency items passed comprises an identifier of a currency container from which the first set of printed casino currency items is retrieved. ### Claim 16 A currency tracking system, comprising: a computer-readable memory storing a data structure that associates identifiers of printed casino currency items with identifiers of currency acceptance locations; a network communications interface; and a processor configured to: receive, via the network communications interface, an association between a first identifier of a printed casino currency item and a second identifier of a currency acceptance location; store the received association in the data structure; receive, via the network communications interface, a transmission including the first identifier; retrieve the second identifier from the data structure, using the first identifier as an index; and transmit, via the network communications interface and in response to the received transmission, the second identifier. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The currency tracking system of claim 16, wherein the identifier of the printed casino currency item comprises a serial number. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The currency tracking system of claim 16, wherein the identifier of the currency acceptance location identifies a currency acceptance device or currency scanner. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The currency tracking system of claim 16, wherein: the association between the first identifier and the second identifier comprises a first association; and the processor is further configured to: receive, via the network communications interface, a second association between the first identifier and a third identifier of a currency acceptance location; store the received second association in the data structure; receive, via the network communications interface, a transmission including the first identifier; retrieve at least one of the second identifier or the third identifier from the data structure, using the first identifier as an index; and transmit, via the network communications interface and in response to the received transmission, the at least one of the second identifier or the third identifier. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The currency tracking system of claim 16, wherein: the association between the first identifier and the second identifier comprises a first association; the data structure further associates the identifiers of printed casino currency items with identifiers of currency dispensing locations; and the processor is further configured to: receive, via the network communications interface, a second association between the first identifier and a third identifier of a currency dispensing location; store the received second association in the data structure; receive, via the network communications interface, a transmission including the first identifier; retrieve at least one of the second identifier or the third identifier from the data structure, using the first identifier as an index; and transmit, via the network communications interface and in response to the received transmission, the at least one of the second identifier or the third identifier.