Patent ID: 7454049
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: G06K,G07D,G07G

Abstract:
1. A device for validating currency, comprising: an entry port through which currency is entered into the device; an exit port through which currency is dispensed to a patron; a scanner for scanning the currency to obtain an image of the currency; a central processing unit; a memory coupled to the central processing unit in which a list of identifying information is stored; software for obtaining identifying information associated with the scanned currency from the image, for comparing the identifying information associated with the scanned currency to the stored identifying information, and for causing a notification if there is a match between the identifying information associated with the scanned currency and the stored identifying information, wherein the identifying information associated with the scanned currency includes a serial number; a memory coupled to the central processing unit that stores identifying information, including a serial number, of dispensed currency; and a printer that prints a receipt for the patron, the receipt including the identifying information associated with the dispensed currency, wherein the printed receipt is provided to the patron substantially concurrently with the dispensed currency.