Cash handling device having integrated wireless modem

US8181854B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Bank of America Corporation · US

Inventors

• Amy Baker Folk · Charlotte, US
• William Thomas Sanders · Denver, US
• Daniel Christopher Bohen · Charlotte, US
• Paul Martin Mattison · Sherrills Ford, US
• Shane Anthony Johnson · Charlotte, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2008
• Grant date: May 22, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F19/201
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A cash recycler or other currency handling device includes an integrated wireless modem. The wireless modem may be located within a housing of the cash recycler. The wireless modem may connect to a network via a network service provider account held by a retail store or other venue at which the cash recycler is located. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless modem may connect via a network access account held by the financial institution with which the cash recycler is communicating. The wireless modem may include various settings that may be configured and adjusted via the user interface of the cash recycler.