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Currency bill tracking system

  • US 7,903,863 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2003
  • Issued: 03/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A currency bill scanning device, comprising:

  • a receptacle for holding currency bills;

    means for obtaining an identifier for a transaction involving one or more of the currency bills;

    an image scanner operable to obtain an image from at least one side of a received currency bill and to extract a serial number of the received currency bill from the image; and

    a processor communicatively coupled to the image scanner, the processor operable to create a data file comprising the one or more currency bill images, wherein each currency bill image is tagged with the extracted serial number of that currency bill and the identifier of the transaction involving that currency bill to allow for the involved one or more currency bills to be subsequently traced by serial number to that transaction.

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