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US 7,000,832 B2Granted
ATM network with cash management arrangement
AssigneeDiebold Self-Service Systems
InventorsJon Washington, Eric VanKeulen, Paul D. Magee, Songtao Ma, Kenneth Turocy, David A. Barker, Dale Blackson
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Abstract
An ATM network includes a plurality of ATMs. Each ATM can determine the amount of currency in its currency cassettes. The network can track the amount of currency therein. The information can be provided in real time, enabling a network operator to provide efficient currency management.
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An apparatus including:
- an automated banking machine network,
- wherein the network includes a plurality of automated banking machines,
- wherein each automated banking machine includes a plurality of currency cassettes,
- wherein each cassette is operative to hold currency therein,
- wherein each cassette includes at least one data indicator,
- wherein each data indicator includes data representative of a characteristic of cassette currency,
- wherein each automated banking machine includes at least one cassette reader,
- wherein the at least one cassette reader is operative to remotely read the data of a data indicator without contact therebetween,
- wherein the network is operative to track the amount of currency in at least one of the automated banking machines.
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A method including:
- (a) providing an automated banking machine network including a plurality of automated banking machines, wherein each automated banking machine includes a plurality of currency cassettes, wherein each cassette includes at least one data indicator, wherein each data indicator includes data representative of a characteristic of cassette currency;
- (b) remotely reading the data of the data indicators of at least one automated banking machine;
- (c) determining the amount of currency in at least one of the automated banking machines.
Apparatus including:
- an automated teller machine (“ATM”) network,
- wherein the network includes a host computer,
- wherein the network includes a plurality of ATMs,
- wherein each ATM includes an ATM computer,
- wherein each ATM includes a plurality of currency cassettes,
- wherein each cassette is operative to hold currency therein,
- wherein each cassette includes at least one data indicator,
- wherein each cassette includes a data indicator including data representative of an amount of currency in the cassette,
- wherein each ATM includes at least one cassette reader,
- wherein the at least one cassette reader is operative to remotely read the data of a data indicator without contact therebetween,
- wherein the at least one cassette reader is in operative connection with the ATM computer,
- wherein each ATM computer is operative to communicate currency amount information to the host computer,
- wherein the host computer is operative to determine the amount of currency in the network in real time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.