Patent ID: 9311674
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06Q,G07D,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing transfer of cash, the method comprising: providing, to a first location, details of cash to be loaded into a machine-readable cash container; associating the cash details with a unique identifier for the cash container and identifying with the cash details, details of cash delivery that include a destination at which the cash is to be delivered, a name of a person, a company that will deliver the cash, a vehicle registration used to deliver the cash, and a time at which the cash is to be delivered; storing the associated unique identifier and cash details; receiving, from a second location to which the cash container has been transported, a request including the unique identifier read from the cash container using a Near Field Communication (NFC) reader where the unique identifier is communicated from the cash container using an NFC tag, and the NFC reader is incorporated into a smart phone, wherein receiving further includes receiving the request from a client application executing on a handheld device in response to a moving the cash to the second location, and the client application configured to accept user selection of commands for counting the cash, removing some of the cash, adding new cash, moving the cash, and supplying specific identifiers for specific cash containers, wherein the commands are communicated from the handheld device to a cash management service executing on a cash management server and when a communication link is missing between the client application and the cash management service, the commands are cached and immediately transferred to the cash management server when the communication link becomes available; accessing the stored cash details using the unique identifier; and providing the stored cash details to the second location.