Self Service Coin Processing Machines With EPOS Terminal And Method For Automated Payout Utilizing Same
First Claim
1. A method of redeeming coins using a self-service coin redemption machine, the method comprising:
- printing on a blank substrate, using a self-service coin redemption machine printer, indicia associated with a coin processing transaction before the initiation of the coin processing transaction or prior to a completion of a processing of a batch of coins in the self-service coin redemption machine to determine a redemption value thereof;
dispensing the substrate;
processing a batch of coins in the self-service coin redemption machine to determine a redemption value thereof;
transmitting the redemption value from the self-service coin redemption machine to an EPOS terminal using a communication device;
inputting the indicia printed on the substrate into the EPOS terminal using a data input device; and
verifying, using the EPOS terminal, that the indicia input into the EPOS terminal corresponds to an open transaction.
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Abstract
A method of redeeming coins using a self-service coin redemption machine is provided and includes the act of printing on a blank substrate, using a self-service coin redemption machine printer, indicia associated with a coin processing transaction before the initiation of the coin processing transaction or prior to a completion of a processing of a batch of coins in the self-service coin redemption machine to determine a redemption value thereof. The method also includes the acts of dispensing the substrate, processing a batch of coins in the self-service coin redemption machine to determine a redemption value thereof, and transmitting the redemption value from the self-service coin redemption machine to an EPOS terminal using a communication device. The method further includes inputting the indicia printed on the substrate into the EPOS terminal using a data input device, verifying, using the EPOS terminal, that the indicia input into the EPOS terminal corresponds to an open transaction.
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44 Claims
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1. A method of redeeming coins using a self-service coin redemption machine, the method comprising:
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printing on a blank substrate, using a self-service coin redemption machine printer, indicia associated with a coin processing transaction before the initiation of the coin processing transaction or prior to a completion of a processing of a batch of coins in the self-service coin redemption machine to determine a redemption value thereof; dispensing the substrate; processing a batch of coins in the self-service coin redemption machine to determine a redemption value thereof; transmitting the redemption value from the self-service coin redemption machine to an EPOS terminal using a communication device; inputting the indicia printed on the substrate into the EPOS terminal using a data input device; and verifying, using the EPOS terminal, that the indicia input into the EPOS terminal corresponds to an open transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of redeeming coins using a self-service coin redemption machine, the method comprising:
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associating a substrate with a coin processing transaction before the initiation of the coin processing transaction or prior to a completion of a processing of a batch of coins in the self-service coin redemption machine to determine a redemption value thereof; processing a batch of coins in the self-service coin redemption machine to determine a redemption value thereof; transmitting the redemption value from the self-service coin redemption machine to an EPOS terminal using a communication device; inputting information from the substrate using a data input device associated with the EPOS terminal; and verifying, using the EPOS terminal, that the information read from the substrate corresponds to an open transaction. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of redeeming coins using a self-service coin processing machine, the method comprising:
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receiving, via a data input device of a self-service coin processing machine, data input by a user in association with a coin processing transaction; associating the data received from the user with a coin processing transaction; processing, subsequent to the acts of receiving and associating, a batch of coins input into the self-service coin processing machine to determine a redemption value thereof; transmitting the redemption value from the self-service coin processing machine to an EPOS device using a communication device; inputting, via a data input device associated with the EPOS device, the data previously input by the user at the self-service coin processing machine in association with a coin processing transaction; identifying the coin processing transaction corresponding to the data input by the user in association with the coin redemption transaction; and verifying, using the EPOS device, that the data input into the EPOS device corresponds to an open transaction. - View Dependent Claims (20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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21. The method according to claim 21, further comprising:
closing the transaction associated with the data at least substantially contemporaneously with the act of dispensing. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. A system for redeeming coins comprising:
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a self-service coin processing machine configured to process batches of input coins and to determine a redemption value thereof, the self-service coin processing machine comprising a controller, a display, a printing device, and a communication device, the controller being configured to generate a random number prior to or during a coin processing transaction, to cause the printing device to print the random number on a substrate and dispense the substrate bearing the random number to a user of the self-service coin processing machine prior to or during a coin processing transaction, to determine a redemption value of the input batch or batches of coins, and to cause the communication device to transmit the random number to an EPOS system in association with the transaction information comprising the redemption value, the EPOS system comprising a controller, a memory device, a communication device, and an EPOS terminal including a display device and a data input device, wherein the EPOS system is configured to maintain in the EPOS system memory device a database comprising transaction information for open transactions, to receive data input into the data input device, to compare the data input into the data input device against the transaction information for open transactions maintained in the EPOS system memory device database, and to verify that the data input into the EPOS terminal data input device corresponds to an open transaction. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A system for redeeming coins comprising:
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a self-service coin processing machine configured to process batches of input coins and to determine a redemption value thereof, the self-service coin processing machine comprising a controller, a display, a printing device, a communication device, and a first data input device, the controller being configured to enable the processing of a batch of coins input by a user following input of user identification information by the user into the first data input device, the controller being further configured to cause the communication device to transmit the user identification information to an EPOS system, to determine a redemption value of the input batch or batches of coins, and to cause the communication device to transmit the redemption value to the EPOS system in association with the user identification information, the EPOS system comprising a controller, a memory device, a communication device, and an EPOS terminal including a display device and a second data input device, wherein the EPOS system is configured to maintain in the EPOS system memory device a database comprising transaction information for open transactions, to receive user identification information input into the second data input device, to compare the user identification information input into the second data input device against the transaction information for open transactions maintained in the EPOS system memory device database, and to verify that the data input into the second data input device corresponds to an open transaction. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A system for redeeming coins comprising:
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a self-service coin processing machine configured to process batches of input coins and to determine a redemption value thereof, the self-service coin processing machine comprising a controller, a display, a printing device, and a communication device, the controller being configured to generate a random number following completion of a coin processing transaction, to determine a redemption value of the input batch or batches of coins, to cause the printing device to print the random number on a substrate and dispense the substrate bearing the random number to a user of the self-service coin following the completion of the coin processing transaction, to cause the communication device to transmit the random number to an EPOS system in association with transaction information comprising the redemption value, the EPOS system comprising a controller, a memory device, a communication device, and an EPOS terminal including a display device and a data input device, wherein the EPOS system is configured to maintain in the EPOS system memory device a database comprising transaction information for open transactions, to receive data input into the data input device, to compare the data input into the data input device against the transaction information for open transactions maintained in the EPOS system memory device database, and to verify that the data input into the EPOS terminal data input device corresponds to an open transaction.
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