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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2002
Robert J. Suttie, Alyth, GB;
Patrick Strachan, Dundee, GB;
Symon P. A. Buckman, Dundee, GB;
Marcus Haley, Godalming, GB;
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A self service terminal (SST) is described, having a deposit means for allowing a user to deposit a number of media items into the SST. A single media transport path transports deposited items via an escrow storage to either a check bin or a banknote bin Items may be determined as banknotes or checks either automatically by the SST, by means of a media scanner and verifier or manually, by allowing the user to identify the deposited items. The SST also comprises a safe within which the banknote bin is located. Embodiments of the invention may provide the check bin either within or outside the safe Various methods of processing media deposited into the SST are also described.