CASH MANAGEMENT OF SELF-SERVICE TRANSACTIONAL DEVICES

• US 20120109791A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NCR Voyix Corporation
• Original Assignee: NCR Corporation
• Inventors: Cash, Charles Robert
• Granted Patent: US 8,639,594 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

Devices and techniques for cash management of self-service transactional terminals are provided. Cash flow, cash holding cost, and cash service cost data, associated with one or more self-service transactional devices are received. An optimal cash reset value and associated interval between services calls may be calculated based on the cash flow data, the cash holding cost data, and the cash service cost data. The cash reset value being the amount of cash left in each of the one or more self-service transactional devices after a service call.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more self-service transactional devices (SSTDs), each of the one or more self-service transactional devices including a repository to hold cash; and

one or more hardware processors;

a SSTD management module configured to;

receive, using the one or more hardware processors, cash flow data associated with the one or more SSTDs;

receive cash holding cost data associated with the one or more SSTDs;

receive cash service cost data associated with the one or more SSTDs; and

calculate an optimal cash reset value and associated interval between service calls based on the cash flow data, the cash holding cost data, and the cash service cost data, the cash reset value being the amount of cash left in each of the one or more SSTDs after a service call.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the cash flow data includes cash demand data over a predetermined period of time.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more SSTDs are cash dispensing devices that do not accept cash deposits.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more SSTDs are cash dispensing and cash depositing devices that both dispense cash and accept cash deposits, and wherein the cash flow data further includes cash receipt demand data over the predetermined period of time.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the repository of each of the SSTDs separating cash to dispense from cash received from deposits, the cash received from deposits being unavailable to dispense, the cash from deposits considered in the cash holding cost data.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the one or more SSTDs are cash dispensing and cash depositing devices, cash received from deposits being available to dispense, wherein the cash flow data further includes cash receipt demand data over the predetermined period of time, and wherein the cash receipt demand data attenuates the cash demand data to the extent that the cash received replaces cash dispensed.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the cash flow data includes data on each denomination of cash capable of being dispensed in the one or more SSTDs.

8. The system of claim 3, wherein the optimal cash reset value is equal

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more SSTDs are communicatively coupled to the SSTD management module and configured to report cash flow data in response to an event.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the event is at least one of receiving a report request, arrival of a predetermined reporting period, the repository has filled, or the repository has emptied.

11. In a system having one or more self-service transactional devices (SSTDs) each including a repository to hold cash, a method comprising:

receiving, using one or more hardware processors, cash flow data associated with the one or more SSTDs;

receiving cash holding cost data associated with the one or more SSTDs;

receiving cash service cost data associated with the one or more SSTDs; and

calculating an optimal cash reset value and associated interval between service calls based on the cash flow data, the cash holding cost data, and the cash service cost data, the cash reset value being the amount of cash left in each of the one or more SSTDs after a service call.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the cash flow data includes cash demand data over a predetermined period of time.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more SSTDs are cash dispensing devices that do not accept cash deposits.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more SSTDs are cash dispensing and cash depositing devices that both dispense cash and accept cash deposits, and wherein the cash flow data further includes cash receipt demand data over the predetermined period of time.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the repository of each of the SSTDs separating cash to dispense from cash received from deposits, the cash received from deposits being unavailable to dispense, the cash from deposits considered in the cash holding cost data.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the one or more SSTDs are cash dispensing and cash depositing devices, cash received from deposits being available to dispense, wherein the cash flow data further includes cash receipt demand data over the predetermined period of time, and wherein the cash receipt demand data attenuates the cash demand data to the extent that the cash received replaces cash dispensed.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the cash flow data includes data on each denomination of cash capable of being dispensed in the one or more SSTDs.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the optimal cash reset value is equal to

19. The method of claim 11, wherein to receive cash flow data includes reporting, by each of the SSTDs, cash flow data in response to an event.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the event is at least one of receiving a report request, arrival of a predetermined reporting period, the repository has filled, or the repository emptied.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause a machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving, using one or more hardware processors, cash flow data associated with one or more self-service transactional devices (SSTDs);

receiving cash holding cost data associated with the one or more SSTDs;

receiving cash service cost data associated with the one or more SSTDs; and

calculating an optimal cash reset value and associated interval between service calls based on the cash flow data, the cash holding cost data, and the cash service cost data, the cash reset value being the amount of cash left in each of the one or more SSTDs after a service call.