Granted Patent B2

US 9,183,690 · App. 12/989,752 · Granted Nov 10, 2015

Abstract

Claims (34)

1. A method for monitoring transport of money from a money acceptance system as the money is removed from circulation comprising:

electronically transmitting first inventory data from the at least one money acceptance system over a first data interface to a remote central administration system;

electronically transmitting second inventory data from a disposal device that removes the money from circulation over a second data interface to the remote central administration system, the disposal device is separate from the money acceptance system; and

comparing the first and second inventory data with the remote central administration system and, depending on the comparison, generating results data for at least one institution that administers ownership of the money:

wherein the first inventory data includes a first count of the money when the money is at the money acceptance system, and the second inventory data includes a second count of the money when the money is at the disposal device;

wherein the first inventory data is generated by a first counting device provided in the money acceptance system that counts the money to be removed from circulation before the money is transferred to the disposal device;

wherein the second inventory data is generated by a second counting device provided in the disposal device that counts the money to be removed from circulation after receiving said money from the money acceptance system;

wherein the first inventory data is sent from the money acceptance system to the remote central administration system, and the second inventory data is sent from the disposal device to the remote central administration system;

wherein the remote central administration system queries the second inventory data from the second counting device of the disposal device when the first inventory data has previously been sent from the first counting device to the remote central administration system, but the second inventory data has not been sent from the second counting device to the remote central administration system after expiration of a predetermined time; and

wherein the remote central administration system converts the results data in a conversion device into results data with a predetermined data format, including accounting data for credit notes and sends said data to the institution administering ownership of the money over a third data interface.

2. The method from claim 1 , wherein the administration system, when the first inventory data has already been sent by the first counting device, but the second inventory data has not yet been sent from the second counting device after a predetermined time period has expired, sends a warning message about the lack of reception of the second inventory data to the disposal device and/or to the institution that administers ownership of the money.

3. The method from claim 1 , wherein the administration takes into account any discrepancy occurring when comparing the first and second inventory data to generate the results data.

4. The method from claim 3 , wherein to clarify differences each discrepancy occurring in the comparison of the first and second inventory data is indicated in the results data.

5. The method from claim 3 , wherein, in order to clarify differences, only such discrepancies or deviations occurring in the results data in the comparison of the first and second inventory data are indicated which exceeds a predetermined threshold.

6. An administration system for monitoring disposal processes for money that is accepted by at least one remote money acceptance system and removed from circulation, wherein inventory data about the money removed is collected, comprising:

a first data interface of the administration system that is configured to electronically receive first inventory data from the at least one remote money acceptance system;

a second data interface of the administration system that is configured to electronically receive second inventory data from a remote disposal device that removes money from circulation; and

at least one computing unit of the administration system configured to compare the first and the second inventory data with each other and, depending on the comparison, generate results data in order to prepare said data for at least one institution that administers ownership of the money;

wherein the first inventory data includes a first count of the money when the money is at the money acceptance system, and the second inventory data includes a second count of the money when the money is at the disposal device;

wherein the first inventory data is generated by a first counting device provided in the money acceptance system that counts the money to be removed from circulation before the money is handed over to the disposal device;

wherein the second inventory data is generated by a second counting device provided in the disposal device that counts the money to be removed from circulation after receiving said money from the money acceptance system;

wherein the first inventory data is sent from the money acceptance system to the administration system, and the second inventory data is sent from the disposal device to the administration system;

wherein the administration system queries the second inventory data from the second counting device of the disposal device when the first inventory data has previously been sent from the first counting device to the administration system, but the second inventory data has not been sent from the second counting device to the administration system after expiration of a predetermined time;

wherein the administration system has a third data interface in order to send the results data to the institution that administers ownership of the money; and

wherein a conversion device is connected to the administration system, or is integrated therein, that converts the results data into results data with a predetermined data format, including accounting data format for credit notes and sends said data to the institution administering ownership of the money over the third data interface.

7. A method for monitoring transport of a bundle of money comprising:

counting the bundle at a cash dispenser with a first counting device to generate first count data;

electronically transferring the first count data to a remote central administration system using a first data interface;

transferring the bundle from the cash dispenser to a disposal device;

counting the bundle at the disposal device with a second counting device to generate second count data;

electronically transferring the second count data to the remote central administration system using a second data interface, the remote central administration system queries the second count data from the second counting device when the first count data has been transferred to the remote central administration system but the second count data has not been received by the remote central administration system after a predetermined period of time;

comparing the first count data and the second count data using the remote central administration system to generate results data, the results data indicating that money has been removed from the bundle during transport if the second count data is lower than the first count data; and

transferring the results data to a banking institution where transport of the bundle can be monitored;

wherein the remote central administration system converts the results data in a conversion device into results data with a predetermined data format, including accounting data for credit notes and sends said data to the institution administering ownership of the money over a third data interface.

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