Cash handling

Abstract

Cash handling in a cash handling system is described in terms of methods and arrangements that interact by exchanging cash as well as information signals. A cash transport unit is configured to receive, store and provide cash, preferably in the form of notes. The transport units connect with ATM's, shops, vehicles as well as cash docking stations. Information flows among the entities of the system, between the transport units, the shops, the vehicles, the docking stations, a transport service control center, cash centers as well as banks.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT / SE2006 / 000195, filed Feb. 10, 2006 and designating the United States, and the present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 773,123, filed on Feb. 13, 2006 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE [0002] The specification and drawings of International Application No. PCT / SE2006 / 000195, filed Feb. 10, 2006, and the specification and drawings of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60 / 773,123, filed on Feb. 13, 2006, are incorporated herein in their entirety, by this reference.TECHNICAL FIELD [0003] The present application relates to handling of cash in a cash handling system comprising a plurality of interacting entities. Specifically, the handling of cash involves transporting cash between system entities as well as transmitting information signals between cash handling system entities. BACKGROUND [0004] Cash, not least in the form of ban...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a solution to the problem of manual handling of cash in cash handling systems. It provides a cash transport apparatus and a method of controlling its operation. The apparatus is designed to store, receive, and dispense cash in a flexible and cost-effective way. It can be used in a cash handling system and provides security in cash handling. The method involves establishing signaling connections with cash handling entities and controlling the flow of cash based on information signals exchanged between the apparatus and the entities. The apparatus can also recycle cash between entities, improving efficiency in cash storage. The invention provides a versatile and efficient solution for cash handling in cash handling systems."

Problems solved by technology

The simplicity of using cash for performing transactions is, however, closely and inevitably coupled to problems of how to prevent unauthorized access to the cash.

Needless to say, these procedures are typically very complicated and involve the use of expensive equipment and staff.

Further related to these, more direct, problems of preventing unauthorized physical access to the cash, are problems of how to simplify and facilitate for interacting entities in a cash handling system in terms of handling ownership and responsibility with respect to cash during different stages of controlling flow of cash in a cash handling system.

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