Automated banking machine controlled responsive to data bearing records with currency tracking

• US 7,806,317 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2008
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Diebold Incorporated (Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated)
• Inventors: Laskowski, Edward L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hess; Daniel A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chedekel; Tabitha
• Application Number:
  US12/287,044
• Publication Number:
  US 20100084461A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 235/379
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/4213 of a limited number of articles, e.g. buffering, forming bundles
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2403/942 Bidirectional powered handling device
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 29/12 by means of the nip between two, or between two sets of, moving tapes or bands or rollers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1085 involving automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/10 Mechanical details
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/20 Controlling or monitoring the operation of devices; Data handling
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/24 Managing the stock of valuable papers
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/30 Tracking or tracing valuable papers or cassettes
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/36 Auditing of activities
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/00 Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/12 Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/181 Testing mechanical properties or condition, e.g. wear or tear G07D7/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/20 Testing patterns thereon G07D7/004, G07D7/005 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/203 Dispensing operations within ATMs dispensing in general G07D11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/207 Surveillance aspects at ATMs
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/026 for alarm, monitoring and auditing in vending machines or means for indication, e.g. when empty

Abstract

An automated banking machine (10) operates responsive to data bearing records. Users of the machine may deliver and receive records including individual sheets and stacks of sheets to and from the machine such as notes, checks or other documents. Notes assessed by the machine as being of questionable validity may be marked with a removable mark or otherwise identified.

Claims

1. A method of operating an automated banking machine, wherein the machine operates responsive to data included on data bearing records, comprising:

(a) determining through operation of the automated banking machine that a currency note received by the machine has at least one property corresponding to note validity that is unacceptable to the machine;

(b) responsive to the determining in step (a), generating unique identifying information relating to the note through operation of the machine, wherein the identifying information is generated responsive to a plurality of readable indicating marks on the note, and wherein the identifying information is unique from identifying information for all other notes received by the machine.

2. The method according to claim 1 and further comprising:

(c) marking the note with at least one readable mark through operation of the machine.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein (c) includes marking the note with at least one removable mark.

4. The method according to claim 2 wherein (c) includes marking the note with at least one permanent mark.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein in (b) the plurality of readable indicating marks include at least one character in a serial number on the note.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein in (b) the plurality of readable indicating marks do not include a serial number on the note.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein in (b) the unique identifying information is generated through operation of the machine as at least one function of the plurality of readable indicating marks.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein in (a) the at least one property corresponds to a note of suspect validity.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein in (a) the at least one property corresponds to a counterfeit note.

10. A method of operating an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine is operable to read user data from data bearing records, wherein the automated banking machine is operable during a transaction responsive at least in part to read user data, and wherein the automated banking machine is operable during a transaction to receive at least one currency note from a user of the automated banking machine, comprising:

(a) determining through operation of the automated banking machine that at least one currency note received by the machine has at least one validity property corresponding to a suspect currency note that is unacceptable to the machine; and

(b) responsive at least in part to the determining in step (a), generating for each respective suspect currency note received, respective unique identifying information relating to the respective suspect currency note through operation of the machine, wherein the respective unique identifying information is generated responsive at least in part to a plurality of readable indicating marks on the respective suspect currency note, wherein each respective unique identifying information generated uniquely differs for each respective suspect currency note received by the machine.

11. The method according to claim 10 and further comprising:

(c) marking each respective suspect currency note received with at least one readable mark through operation of the machine.

12. The method according to claim 11 wherein (c) includes marking each respective suspect currency note with a plurality of readable indicating marks through operation of the machine.

13. The method according to claim 12 wherein in (c) each readable indicating mark is a removable mark.

14. The method according to claim 10 wherein (b) includes generating the unique identifying information as a function of the plurality of readable indicating marks.