Patent ID: 6039645
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: G06F,G07D

Abstract:
A coin sorting system, comprising:a coin sorter for sorting a plurality of coins;a system controller coupled to the coin sorter;an operator interface panel coupled to the system controller, said operator interface panel including a touch screen display for displaying keys associated with operation of the coin sorting system;a resident memory coupled to the system controller and containing a first version of control software to be executed by the system controller, said first version of control software including a first display setting of the touch screen display; anda flash card having a flash card memory containing a second version of control software to be executed by the system controller, said second version of control software including a second display setting of the touch screen display, said flash card being adapted to be removably electrically coupled to the coin sorter, said resident memory being adapted to erase the first version of control software and store the second version of control software in response to the flash card being electrically coupled to the coin sorter, said resident memory being adapted to retain the second version of control software in response to the flash card being thereafter removed from the coin sorter.