Media management

A method of operating a handheld device to reconcile a cash order received at a cash delivery location, the method comprising:

• reading, using a client application executing on the handheld device, a unique identifier on a received cash container, wherein the handheld device is a Near Field Communication (NFC) reader that reads an NFC tag of the cash container to obtain the unique identifier, and wherein the handheld device is a smart phone;
• sending, by the client application, a request for details of cash loaded into the received cash container based on the read unique identifier;
• receiving the requested details by the client application and identifying with the requested details, details of cash delivery that include a destination at which the cash is to be delivered, a name of a person, a company that will deliver the cash, a vehicle registration used to deliver the cash, and a time at which the cash is to be delivered;
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• sending, by the client application from the handheld device, a cash receipt confirmation message confirming that an amount of cash in the received cash container matches the requested details, the client application configured to accept user selection of commands for counting the cash, removing some of the cash, adding new cash, moving the cash, and supplying specific identifiers for specific cash containers, wherein the commands are communicated from the handheld device to a cash management service executing on a cash management server immediately when a communication link is available and when the communication link is missing or unavailable between the client application and the cash management service, the commands are cached and immediately transferred to the cash management server when the communication link becomes available.

A method of managing transfer of valuable media, the method comprising:

• providing electronic notification of a valuable media transfer, the notification including details of a machine-readable valuable media container having a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag for wireless communication with a NFC reader that is incorporated into a smart phone and identifying with the details, details of cash delivery that include a destination at which the cash is to be delivered, a name of a person, a company that will deliver the cash, a vehicle registration used to deliver the cash, and a time at which the cash is to be delivered;
• associating the valuable media transfer with a unique identifier associated with the valuable media container;
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• updating the valuable media transfer as complete in response to an electronic completion notification, where the electronic completion notification includes the unique identifier associated with the valuable media container, wherein updating the valuable media transfer as complete in response to an electronic completion notification further comprises receiving the electronic completion notification from an authorized application executing on the registered handheld device, the authorized application configured to accept user selection of commands for counting the cash, removing some of the cash, adding new cash, moving the cash, and supplying specific identifiers for specific cash containers, wherein the commands are communicated from the handheld device to a cash management service executing on a cash management server and when a communication link is missing between the client application and the cash management service, the commands are cached and immediately transferred to the cash management server when the communication link becomes available.