# US 8,783,555 B2 · Vault management method and system

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- Number: US 8,783,555 B2
- Document ID: US8783555B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/887,962
- Filed: 2013-05-06
- Published: 2013-09-19
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2013-05-06
- Assignees: De La Rue International Limited
- Applicants: De La Rue International Limited
- Inventors: Edward John Brindley; Timothy Edward Plumridge; Roger Norman Gray
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783555B2

## CPC

- G06Q 40/02: Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance (credit or loans G06Q40/03)
- G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
- G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
- G06Q 10/0877: {by inventory control or reporting using inventory tracking or counting}
- G06Q 40/00: Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
- 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

## Abstract

A method of processing a plurality of articles of value within a cash processing center comprising sorting a plurality of articles of value according to one or more predetermined criteria, recording data corresponding to the sorted articles of value, physically associating the sorted articles of value with a radio frequency identification device, and electronically associating the data corresponding to the sorted articles of value with data corresponding to the radio frequency identification device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of depositing articles of value within a cash processing centre, the method comprising:
a. recording deposit data at a first location, the deposit data corresponding to one or more articles of value to be deposited at a second location, including
processing the one or more articles of value to be deposited using a banknote sorter; and
generating a deposit data record based on processing data provided by the banknote sorter;
b. electronically associating the deposit data with data stored upon a radio frequency identification device;
c. physically associating the one or more articles of value to be deposited with the radio frequency identification device;
d. transporting the one or more articles of value to be deposited to the second location;
e. reading data from the radio frequency identification device at the second location; and
f. obtaining the deposit data using the read data.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the step of physically associating the one or more articles of value to be deposited with the radio frequency identification device is performed automatically by the banknote sorter.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:
g. processing the one or more articles of value to be deposited using a banknote sorter at the second location;
h. reconciling the deposit data obtained using the read data with the processing data provided by the banknote sorter at the second location.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the step of electronically associating the deposit data comprises writing data to the memory of the radio frequency identification device and the step of obtaining the deposit data comprises obtaining deposit data using data read from the memory of the radio frequency identification device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the data stored upon the radio frequency identification device comprises a unique identifier and obtaining deposit data comprises reading the unique identifier from the radio frequency identification device and using the unique identifier to retrieve the deposit data.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein retrieving deposit data comprises retrieving deposit data from a central database using the unique identifier as an index.