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Distributed device management system

  • US 6,505,170 B1
  • Filed: 04/10/1997
  • Issued: 01/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for managing distributed point-of-sale (POS) systems, comprising:

  • a central control system comprising one or more host computers;

    a plurality of POS systems, each POS system comprising a POS device, a cash register, a personal computer, and an electronically controlled safe, said POS device, cash register, personal computer, and electronically controlled safe connected by a LAN, each POS system operating according to software loaded in its personal computer, each POS system having a port for communicating with said central control system;

    wherein each POS device is a negotiable instrument dispenser, each personal computer is configured to transmit data to the central control system at pre-selected times and to receive response transmissions including instructions from the central control system;

    wherein a given POS device verifies the pre-printed information on each negotiable instrument sold through it and records any break in the sequence of the negotiable instruments in a security journal; and

    wherein the given POS device alerts the central control system whenever there is a break in the sequence of the negotiable instruments, as an early alarm of possible fraud or theft.

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