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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1989
Harry T Graef, Stark County, OH (US);
Kevin H Newton, Stark County, OH (US);
Timothy B Allison, Stark County, OH (US);
Jeffrey M Eastman, Stark County, OH (US);
Diebold, Incorporated, Canton, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for identifying and indicating the content of document canisters such as those used to hold supplies of documents in Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs), includes a canister (10) holding a stack of documents (30) and having a face plate (24). Face plate (24) includes a plurality of buttonholes (26). Spring loaded buttons (25) are distributed among buttonholes (26); the arrangement of the buttons representing items of data such as ownership of the canister, canister serial number, and document information such as the type, denomination, amount, and character of the documents in the canister. When inserted in the ATM, the canister exchanges identifying information with the ATM via the arrangement of buttons. A computer, which controls the operation of the ATM, uses this information to do such things as adjust the operation of the ATM to conform to the type, denomination, and character of the documents in each canister, settle accounts between entities who supply the documents to the ATM, track the location of each canister, determine serial numbers of canisters involved in dispense failures, and signal when the documents in a canister need to be replenished.