Method of operating a self-auditing automated banking machine

US6745939B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DIEBOLD, INC. · US

Inventors

• Matthew Force · Uniontown, US
• H. Thomas Graef · Bolivar, US
• Robert Bowser · Cary, US
• Jeffrey Eastman · North Canton, US
• Michael J. Harty · Canton, US
• Andrew Junkins · Round Rock, US
• Michael E. Lindroos · Norton, US
• Mark Owens · Louisville, US
• Mike Ryan · Canton, US
• Alan Looney · Chagrin Falls, US
• Roy Shirah · North Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 8, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/1912
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An automated banking machine (10) identifies and stores documents such as currency bills deposited by a user. The machine selectively recovers stored documents and dispenses them. The machine includes a central transport (70) wherein documents deposited in a stack are unstacked, oriented and identified. Such documents are then routed to storage areas in canisters (92, 94, 96, 98). Documents in the storage areas are selectively picked therefrom and delivered to a user. Each canister includes a memory (626) which holds information concerning the number and type of documents housed in the canister as well as other information concerning the hardware and software resident on the canister. The memory also includes data representative of individuals responsible for loading and transporting the canister. The machine conducts self-auditing activities to verify that the documents held in the storage areas correspond to the information stored in memory and indicate discrepancies.