System and method for processing bank notes
First Claim
1. A system for processing value documents, wherein the system comprises:
- a multiplicity of bank-note processing machines configured to communicate via a communication network and which respectively have stored therein configuration data, the configuration data defining the operating configuration of a respective bank-note processing machine, wherein said bank-note processing machines comprises an input section, a checking device, at least two output sections having a plurality of output pockets, and a transport system to transport a banknote from the input section past the checking device to one of the output pockets, and wherein at least a first bank-note processing machine is logically associated with a first local access service module, and at least a second bank-note processing machine is logically associated with a second local access service module; and
a central master access service module which has configuration data stored therein and which is in communication via the communication network with the first local access service module and the second local access service module;
wherein the central master access service module, the first local access service module and the second local access service module form a logical hierarchy of access service modules in the form of a tree structure, in which the central master access service module constitutes the root of the tree structure and is adapted such that a change of the configuration data stored in the central master access service module leads to the changed configuration data being automatically transferred via the hierarchy of access service modules to the first and the second bank-note processing machine, and leading there to a change of the configuration data of the first and the second bank-note processing machine, andwherein the central master access service module is configured toprovide the changed configuration data to selected ones of the local access service modules and/or selected ones of the bank-note processing machines with activation times such that a bank-note processing machine can be operated with the changed configuration data only within a period of validity defined by an activation time,orprovide the changed configuration data to selected ones of the local access service modules and/or selected ones of the bank-note processing machines with deactivation times such that a bank-note processing machine can be operated with the changed configuration data only within a period of validity defined by a deactivation time.
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Abstract
A system and a method for processing value documents comprises a multiplicity of bank-note processing machines connected and arranged to communicate with each other via a communication network, and which respectively have stored therein configuration data defining the operating configuration of a respective bank-note processing machine. At least a first bank-note processing machine is logically associated with a first local access service module, and at least a second bank-note processing machine is logically associated with a second local access service module. The system comprises a central master access service module having configuration data stored therein and in communication via the communication network with the first local access service module and the second local access service module. A change of the configuration data stored in the central master access service module leads to the configuration of the first bank-note processing machine and of the second bank-note processing machine being changed.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for processing value documents, wherein the system comprises:
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a multiplicity of bank-note processing machines configured to communicate via a communication network and which respectively have stored therein configuration data, the configuration data defining the operating configuration of a respective bank-note processing machine, wherein said bank-note processing machines comprises an input section, a checking device, at least two output sections having a plurality of output pockets, and a transport system to transport a banknote from the input section past the checking device to one of the output pockets, and wherein at least a first bank-note processing machine is logically associated with a first local access service module, and at least a second bank-note processing machine is logically associated with a second local access service module; and a central master access service module which has configuration data stored therein and which is in communication via the communication network with the first local access service module and the second local access service module; wherein the central master access service module, the first local access service module and the second local access service module form a logical hierarchy of access service modules in the form of a tree structure, in which the central master access service module constitutes the root of the tree structure and is adapted such that a change of the configuration data stored in the central master access service module leads to the changed configuration data being automatically transferred via the hierarchy of access service modules to the first and the second bank-note processing machine, and leading there to a change of the configuration data of the first and the second bank-note processing machine, and wherein the central master access service module is configured to provide the changed configuration data to selected ones of the local access service modules and/or selected ones of the bank-note processing machines with activation times such that a bank-note processing machine can be operated with the changed configuration data only within a period of validity defined by an activation time, or provide the changed configuration data to selected ones of the local access service modules and/or selected ones of the bank-note processing machines with deactivation times such that a bank-note processing machine can be operated with the changed configuration data only within a period of validity defined by a deactivation time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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