CASH HANDLING FACILITY MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A method of handling a monetary package comprising:
- determining a first monetary value that is associated with the monetary package while the monetary package is at a first custody point within a cash handling facility;
transferring the monetary package from the first custody point to a second custody point within the cash handling facility;
determining, by a computer, a second monetary value that is associated with the monetary package while the monetary package is at the second custody point; and
verifying, by the computer, whether the first monetary value is the same as the second monetary value.
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Abstract
Cash handling facilities, such as cash vaults, receive and process large quantities of cash. The cash handling facility may have a plurality of custody points at which the amount of cash being processed is verified, counted, stored, or otherwise processed. Cash handling personnel that are handling the cash may be verified, detected, or otherwise documented as handling the cash. Automatic identification techniques may be implemented to track the cash and cash handling personnel at various custody points within the cash handling facility. A centralized tracking system may use the information obtained at each of the custody points to track, count, and verify the cash while it is located within the cash handling facility.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of handling a monetary package comprising:
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determining a first monetary value that is associated with the monetary package while the monetary package is at a first custody point within a cash handling facility; transferring the monetary package from the first custody point to a second custody point within the cash handling facility; determining, by a computer, a second monetary value that is associated with the monetary package while the monetary package is at the second custody point; and verifying, by the computer, whether the first monetary value is the same as the second monetary value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a device configured to be transferred from a first custody point to a second custody point; an identification system, comprising; a first scanner positioned at the first custody point and a second scanner positioned at the second custody point; and a tag attached to the device; wherein the first scanner is configured to detect a presence of the device when the tag is located at the first custody point and the second scanner is configured to detect a presence of the device when the tag is located at the second custody point; a memory storing; tracking information indicating whether the first scanner has detected that the device is present at the first custody point and whether the second scanner has detected that the device is present at the second custody point; information representing a first monetary value that is associated with the device when the device is detected as being present at the first custody point; information representing a second monetary value that is associated with the device when the device is detected as being present at the second custody point; and a processor configured to determine whether the first monetary value is equal to the second monetary value. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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attaching a first radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag to a device, wherein the first RFID tag contains information representing (1) a first monetary value of a monetary package within the device and (2) an identifier associated with the device; receiving the device at a receiving point of a facility having a first RFID scanner; receiving a signal from the first RFID tag by the first RFID scanner, the signal including information representing the first monetary value and the unique identifier; transferring the device from the receiving point to a first custody point within the facility; counting the monetary package to determine a second monetary value of the monetary package when the device is located at the first custody point; comparing, by a computer, the first monetary value with the second monetary value; and responsive to determining that the first monetary value equals the second monetary value, transferring the device from the first custody point to a second custody point within the facility. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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