Value data system having containers for theft deterrent repositories

In a value data system having a repository container including a container security unit and one or more security controlled device repositories for transferring value data in response to client requests from a client system, the method where,

• each repository has an enclosure and operates with the steps of:
• providing value data from one or more security controlled devices, each of said security controlled devices including deactivating means for electronically deactivating the security controlled device,
• connecting a data transfer request from the client system through a processor unit to said one or more security controlled devices and transferring value data from said one or more security controlled devices,
• sensing a security breach in a repository security unit and responsively initiating a deactivating sequence for deactivating said one or more security controlled devices in response to security signals to inhibit transfers of value data from said one or more security controlled devices,
• said container security unit operates with the steps of:
• providing said security signals as a function of sensed signals in said repository container,
• bypassing selected ones of said one or more repositories wherein ones of said security signals from said selected ones of said repositories do not cause security controlled devices to be locked.

A security controlled device repository for transferring value data in response to client requests from a client system comprising,

• a repository enclosure containing,
• one or more security controlled devices for providing value data for transfer, each of said security controlled devices including deactivating means for electronically deactivating the security controlled device,
• a processor unit for connecting a data transfer request from the client system to said one or more security controlled devices and for transferring value data from said one or more security controlled devices,
• a repository security unit for controlling the deactivating of said one or more security controlled devices, when value data is present in said one or more security controlled devices, in response to security signals to control transfers of value data from said one or more security controlled devices.