Method And System For Automatic Teller Machine Cash Management
First Claim
1. A management apparatus provided detachably from a cash cassette for managing the cash cassette storing bills or coins for cash transactions with users at an automatic teller machine, said cash cassette comprising:
- an error information recording area for recording identification information identifying a type of error in the event of occurrence of the error, anda count information recording area for recording count information indicating the number of bills or coins expected to be in said cash cassette,said management apparatus comprising;
an error determination unit for determining, based on the identification information acquired from said error information recording area, whether the error occurred is of the kind that could cause a difference between the count information in said count information recording area and the number of bills or coins in said cash cassette; and
a count information output unit, which outputs an instruction that management staff should count the number of bills or coins in said cash cassette on condition that said error determination unit determines that such a type of error has occurred, which acquires and outputs the count information from said count information recording area on condition that said error determination unit determines that such a type of error has not occurred.
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Abstract
There is provided a management apparatus associated detachably with a cash cassette for managing the cash cassette storing bills or coins for cash transactions with users at an automatic teller machine. The cash cassette includes an error information recording area for recording identification information identifying a type of error in the event of occurrence of the error, and a count information recording area for recording count information indicating the number of bills or coins expected to be in the cash cassette. Based on the identification information acquired from the error information recording area, the management apparatus determines whether a predetermined type of error has occurred. When determining that such a type of error has occurred, the management apparatus outputs an instruction to management staff to count the number of bills or coins in the cash cassette, or when determining that such a type of error has not occurred, it outputs the count information from the count information recording area.
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16 Claims
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1. A management apparatus provided detachably from a cash cassette for managing the cash cassette storing bills or coins for cash transactions with users at an automatic teller machine, said cash cassette comprising:
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an error information recording area for recording identification information identifying a type of error in the event of occurrence of the error, and a count information recording area for recording count information indicating the number of bills or coins expected to be in said cash cassette, said management apparatus comprising; an error determination unit for determining, based on the identification information acquired from said error information recording area, whether the error occurred is of the kind that could cause a difference between the count information in said count information recording area and the number of bills or coins in said cash cassette; and a count information output unit, which outputs an instruction that management staff should count the number of bills or coins in said cash cassette on condition that said error determination unit determines that such a type of error has occurred, which acquires and outputs the count information from said count information recording area on condition that said error determination unit determines that such a type of error has not occurred. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7-14. -14. (canceled)
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15. An information processing system including an automatic teller machine, a removable cash cassette provided in the automatic teller machine for storing bills or coins for cash transactions with users at the automatic teller machine, and a management apparatus provided detachably from the cash cassette for managing the cash cassette,
said cash cassette comprising: -
an error information recording area for recording an identification information identifying a type of error in the event of occurrence of the error, a count information recording area for recording count information indicating the number of bills or coins expected to be in said cash cassette, said automatic teller machine comprising an error information recording instruction unit for recording, in said error information recording area, the identification information identifying the type of error in the event of occurrence of the error in said cash cassette, said management apparatus comprises; an error determination unit for determining, based on the identification information acquired from said error information recording area, whether the error occurred is of the kind that could cause a difference between the count information recorded in said count information recording area and the number of bills or coins in said cash cassette; and a count information output unit, which outputs an instruction to management staff to count the number of bills or coins in said cash cassette on condition that said error determination unit determines that such a type of error has occurred, which acquires and outputs the count information from said count information recording area on condition that said error determination unit determines that such a type of error has not occurred.
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16-17. -17. (canceled)
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