Cassette configuration for an automated teller machine
AssigneeCardtronics USA, Inc.
InventorsRamana MV, Nagaraju Battini
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Abstract
An example automated teller machine (ATM) may include a first cassette configured to hold a first type of media, a replenishment cassette configured to hold any of a set of types of media, including the first type of media, a bill validator, and a bill conveyor system configured to convey media from the first cassette to the replenishment cassette or from the replenishment cassette through the bill validator to the first cassette. The example ATM may include memory, including instructions, which when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to cause media to be conveyed to or from the replenishment cassette.
Claims20
An automated teller machine (ATM) comprising:
- a first cassette configured to hold a first type of media;
- a replenishment cassette configured to hold any of a set of types of media, including the first type of media;
- a bill validator;
- a bill conveyor system configured to convey media from the replenishment cassette through the bill validator to the first cassette;
- processing circuitry;
- and
- memory, including instructions, which when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:
- cause all media in the replenishment cassette to be conveyed from the replenishment cassette through the bill validator including conveying a first portion of media corresponding to the first type of media through the bill validator and then directly to the first cassette, and including returning any media not of the first type of media from the bill validator back to the replenishment cassette.
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a remote server from an automated teller machine (ATM), an indication including information corresponding to a set of cassettes of the ATM;
- determining, at the remote server, a change to a state of a cassette of the set of cassettes based on the information;
- and
- sending, a state change instruction, from the remote server to the ATM, the state change instruction causing the ATM to reconfigure media in at least one of the set of cassettes of the ATM, wherein the state change instruction causes the ATM to convey all media in a replenishment cassette of the ATM through a bill validator of the ATM including conveying a first portion of media corresponding to the change to the state through the bill validator and then directly to the cassette, and including returning any media not of in the first portion of media from the bill validator back to the replenishment cassette.
At least one machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at a remote server from an automated teller machine (ATM), an indication including information corresponding to a set of cassettes of the ATM;
- determining, at the remote server, a change to a state of a cassette of the set of cassettes based on the information;
- and
- sending, a state change instruction, from the remote server to the ATM, the state change instruction causing the ATM to reconfigure media in at least one of the set of cassettes of the ATM, wherein the state change instruction causes the ATM to convey all media in a replenishment cassette of the ATM through a bill validator of the ATM including conveying a first portion of media corresponding to the change to the state through the bill validator and then directly to the cassette, and including returning any media not of in the first portion of media from the bill validator back to the replenishment cassette.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.