ATM currency cassette with RFID tag
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1. An apparatus including:
- a cassette,wherein the cassette is adapted for use in an automated banking machine,wherein the cassette is operative to hold media therein,wherein the cassette includes a biasing mechanism that is operative to move media in the cassette in a first direction,wherein the cassette includes at least one indicator member,wherein the at least one indicator member includes indicator data therewith regarding the cassette,wherein the at least one indicator member comprises at least one radio frequency identification IRFDI tag,wherein the at least one RFID tag includes identification data representative of a cassette identification number,wherein the identification data is adapted to be remotely read by a RFID tag reader of an automated banking machine.
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Abstract
An ATM currency cassette includes an RFID tag. The tag includes information about the cassette, such as the cassette serial number and the currency denomination. An ATM includes a tag reader that can interrogate the tag to receive the information. The history of a particular cassette can be tracked via the cassette serial number. Problem cassettes can be identified.
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47 Claims
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1. An apparatus including:
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a cassette, wherein the cassette is adapted for use in an automated banking machine, wherein the cassette is operative to hold media therein, wherein the cassette includes a biasing mechanism that is operative to move media in the cassette in a first direction, wherein the cassette includes at least one indicator member, wherein the at least one indicator member includes indicator data therewith regarding the cassette, wherein the at least one indicator member comprises at least one radio frequency identification IRFDI tag, wherein the at least one RFID tag includes identification data representative of a cassette identification number, wherein the identification data is adapted to be remotely read by a RFID tag reader of an automated banking machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus including:
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a cassette, wherein the cassette includes currency, wherein the cassette includes at least one radio frequency identification (RF1D) tag, wherein the at least one tag includes data representative of a characteristic of the currency, an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine comprises a dispenser feed channel, wherein the dispenser feed channel includes a cassette reader, wherein the reader is operative to remotely read the, tag data. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An apparatus including:
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an automated banking machine cassette, wherein the cassette is operative to hold media therein, wherein the cassette includes at least one cassette target, an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine comprises a distance determining device, wherein the distance determining device is operative to determine a distance between a cassette target and a component of the automated banking machine without the cassette target contacting the machine. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43)
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42. Apparatus including:
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an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine includes a cassette, wherein the cassette contains media therein, wherein the cassette includes at least one indicator member, wherein the at least one indicator member is operative to provide information representative of characteristic of the media, wherein the information is operative to be remotely accessed by a disposed component of an automated banking machine, wherein the at least one indicator member includes a target, wherein the target is operative to provide information representative of a cassette position in a machine, wherein the automated banking machine includes a distance determining device, wherein the distance determining device includes a sensor, wherein the sensor is operative to measure a distance between the target and the sensor, wherein the sensor comprises an Eddy current type distance sensor.
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44. Apparatus including:
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an automated banking machine cassette, wherein the cassette contains media therein, wherein the cassette includes at least one indicator member, wherein the at least one indicator member is operative to provide information representative of a characteristic of the media, wherein the information is operative to be remotely accessed by a component of an automated banking machine, wherein the at least one indicator member includes a target, wherein the target includes a metal, wherein the metal is attached to or embedded into the cassette, wherein the target comprises Ferrite.
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45. A method including:
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(a) providing a media cassette in an automated banking machine, wherein the cassette includes at least one cassette target; (b) measuring a distance between a cassette target and a component of the machine without the cassette target contacting the machine. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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