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Currency bill tracking system

  • US 20040028266A1
  • Filed: 08/07/2003
  • Published: 02/12/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A currency bill scanning device, comprising:

  • a receptacle for holding currency bills;

    means for obtaining an identifier for a transaction involving one or more of the currency bills;

    an image scanner operable to obtain an image of at least one side of a received currency bill and to extract a serial number of the received currency bill from the image; and

    a processing functionality for creating a data file which links the extracted serial numbers for the currency bills involved in the transaction to the identifier for the transaction to allow for the involved currency bills to be subsequently traced by serial number to that transaction.

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