Ncr Corporation

Ncr Atleos Corporation

Graeme Smith

Ian McFarlane Denny

Stephen Anderson

Grant A McNicoll

Donald Alexander Collins, Jr

Peter B Barron

Craig Scott Nicol

Peter Barron

A valuable media sanitizing/cleansing cassette is provided for sanitizing/cleansing surfaces of valuable media dispensed to a consumer during a dispense transaction at a transaction terminal. Dispensed media is urged from one or more media cassettes within the terminal along a transport path. The transport path is altered to pass the media through the sanitizing/cleansing cassette where the top and bottom surfaces of the media are illuminated with Ultraviolet (UV) radiation to eradicate any bacteria or virus that may be adhered to the top or the bottom surfaces of the media. Once the media passes through the sanitizing/cleansing cassette, the now sanitized/cleansed media is urged along a remainder of the transport path and dispensed from a media interface of the terminal to the consumer. In an embodiment, media deposited at the terminal is also sanitized/cleansed by passing through the sanitizing/cleansing cassette before being stored in the appropriate media cassettes.

Media sanitizing cassette and method of operation

Disclosed are systems and methods for recycling currency. The systems and methods may include receiving, at a self-service terminal, a plurality of currency notes; sorting, by the self-service terminal, the plurality of currency notes by denomination; and dispensing, by the self-service terminal, a subset of the plurality of currency notes.

Recycling multiple notes from a cassette

An integrated scanner, scale and touchscreen display ('integrated touchscreen scanner') is addressed. In one alternative, the integrated touchscreen scanner further includes a printer for printing receipts, coupons and the like. The integrated touchscreen scanner is designed for flush mounting in a checkout or self-checkout stand. Keystrokes, icon selection and the like may be suitably sensed employing weigh cells in the scale of the integrated touchscreen scanner. Additionally, the display may be partitioned into a customer portion and a checker portion. This partitioning may be fixed or dynamically adjusted in response to the state of the transaction.

Integrated scanner, scale, and touchscreen display

A domestic appliance ( ) such as a microwave oven is adapted for interaction with a communications network ( ) such as the Internet by the addition of a substantially self-contained discrete communications module ( ) connectable to the communications network ( ), the communications module ( ) including display means ( ) and command entry means that optionally interact with the appliance ( ). The appliance ( ) is provided with mounting hardware ( ) and an adaptor ( ) including means for attachment to the mounting hardware ( ) and means ( ) for mounting the communications module ( ) to the appliance ( ) via the adaptor ( ). The communications module ( ) is adapted for connection to broadband cable or xDSL networks. Thus equipped, the appliance ( ) becomes an element of a communications system ( ) providing multiple functionality including television and Internet browsing functions within the home. Other elements of the communications system are a broadband online connection ( ) and a broadband portal ( ).

Communications, particularly in the domestic environment

A system which comprises a self-service newspaper vending machine (2) includes an electronic control means (34) with an on-line connection (36) to a news providing organization (38) from which a newspaper containing up to the minute news can be purchased. A customer is attracted by news stories shown on a display (6). The customer is then given the opportunity of purchasing a newspaper or part of a newspaper. Communication between the customer and the vending machine (2) is by the display (6) and a keyboard (8). The newspaper can be purchased by either inserting a banking or credit card in a card reader (52) or inserting coins into a coin slot (50). The vending machine (2) would then print out the up to the minute news requested.

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Dundee, United Kingdom

Graeme Smith