Cash Handling Device Containerized Operating Module

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current cash handling devices are difficult to integrate with technical infrastructure supporting banking operations and other operations, and they lack the ability to provide dynamic and adaptable functions efficiently.

Innovation Solution

A cash handling device equipped with a processor, memory, and communication interface, which includes a device registration module, a containerized operating module, a non-engagement services module, and a secure communications module, allowing it to register with multiple financial institution servers, execute different operating applications based on user input, and securely communicate transaction details.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If cash handling devices are integrated with technical infrastructure supporting banking operations, then the devices can provide banking functions, but the integration complexity and difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to provide banking functionsVSAvoidintegration complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The cash handling device is divided into separate functional modules including a containerized operating environment that houses distinct applications for different banking functions. Each application can be independently deployed, configured, and managed, allowing the device to integrate with multiple banking infrastructures without requiring complete system redesign.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The device is designed with a universal containerized operating platform that can execute multiple different applications simultaneously. This allows a single cash handling device to serve multiple financial institutions and perform various banking operations (cash dispensing, deposits, account inquiries) through different applications running on the same hardware platform.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If cash handling devices are configured to work with multiple financial institutions, then the adaptability and versatility improve, but the device complexity and configuration difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to work with multiple financial institutionsVSAvoidconfiguration difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device employs a dynamic configuration system where applications can be selectively activated or deactivated based on user input and institutional requirements. The containerized environment allows applications to be dynamically loaded, configured, and unloaded without requiring physical device changes or complex reprogramming, enabling easy adaptation to different financial institutions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple application instances representing different financial institutions are maintained as separate copyable units within the containerized environment. Each institution's application can be independently configured and deployed as a copy of the base application template, simplifying the process of adding support for new institutions without creating entirely new system configurations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Productivity

If cash handling devices provide dynamic and adaptable operating functions, then the productivity and efficiency improve, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The operating system is segmented into a containerized platform that hosts separate applications for different banking functions. This segmentation allows each application to be optimized for its specific function while sharing common infrastructure resources, improving operational efficiency without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The containerized operating environment acts as an intermediary layer between the hardware and the various banking applications. This intermediary manages resource allocation, application deployment, and inter-application communication, enabling dynamic and adaptable functions while abstracting the complexity from the end-user operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11100479B2Banking systems controlled by data bearing records

Publication Date: 2021.08.24 BANK OF AMERICA CORP

AI summary

Aspects of the disclosure relate to deploying, configuring, and utilizing cash handling devices to provide dynamic and adaptable operating functions. A cash handling device having at least one processor, a memory, and a communication interface may store a device registration module, a containerized operating module, a non-engagement services module, and a secure communications module. The device registration module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to register with a support server and a plurality of financial institution servers. The containerized operating module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to selectively execute a first operating application or a second operating application. The non-engagement services module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to generate and present one or more non-engagement user interfaces. The secure communications module may include instructions that cause the cash handling device to track and securely communicate transaction details information.