Wireless device operable cash drawer

1. A cash drawer comprising:

a communications interface that receives a command from a wireless device in a network of wireless devices, wherein the command is an instruction to open the cash drawer;

an indicator that identifies whether the wireless device is authorized to operate the cash drawer; and

a controller that processes the command to open the cash drawer received from the wireless device upon receiving indication that the wireless device is authorized to operate the cash drawer, wherein operating the cash drawer comprises controlling the operation of the cash drawer via commands sent over the wireless network.

2. The cash drawer of claim 1 , and further comprising:

a reader that reads an identifier associated with the wireless device.

3. The cash drawer of claim 2 , wherein the reader is an Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) reader and the identifier associated with the wireless device is an RFID tag.

4. The cash drawer of claim 2 , wherein the reader is an Near Field Communication (NFC) reader and the identifier associated with the wireless device is an NFC chip.

5. The cash drawer of claim 1 , and further comprising:

an identifier that is configured to be read by a wireless device.

6. The cash drawer of claim 5 , wherein the identifier is a barcode.

7. The cash drawer of claim 5 , wherein the identifier is an Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag.

8. The cash drawer of claim 5 , wherein the identifier is an Near Field Communication (NFC) chip.

9. The cash drawer of claim 1 , and further comprising:

an event log that stores indications of each of the commands received from the wireless device.

10. The cash drawer of claim 9 , wherein the indicator comprises at least returning an open/closed status of the cash drawer.

11. The cash drawer of claim 1 , wherein the network comprises a server, a network bus, one or more cash drawers and one Or more wired or wireless devices; wherein the server includes a table that identities which wireless devices are authorized to access which cash drawers.

12. A method of operating a cash drawer utilizing a wireless device, the method comprising:

reading an identifier associated with the wireless device over a wireless network;

utilizing the identifier to determine whether the wireless device is authorized to operate the cash drawer by comparing the identifier to a stored table that indicates whether the wireless device is authorized to utilize the cash drawer; and

enabling the wireless device to communicate with the cash drawer over the network based at least in part upon a determination that the wireless device is authorized to operate the cash drawer, wherein communicating with the cash drawer comprises commanding the cash drawer to return an indication of its open/closed status.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein reading the identifier comprises:

utilizing a camera of the wireless device to read a barcode on the cash drawer.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein reading the identifier comprises:

utilizing an Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) reader of the cash drawer to read an RFID tag associated with the wireless device.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein reading the identifier comprises:

utilizing an Near Field Communication (NFC) reader of the wireless device to read an NEC chip associated with the wireless device.

16. The method of claim 12 , and further comprising:

creating and storing an event log of attempts to access the cash drawer that includes information identifying transactions between the wireless device and the cash drawer.

17. The method of claim 12 , and further comprising:

enabling additional wireless devices to operate the cash drawer.