Patent ID: 7929749

Claim:
A currency processing system data storage arrangement, comprising: a currency processing system comprising a first controller, a communication interface, and at least one sensor arranged to output to the first controller raw data associated with a sensed characteristic of processed currency bills; and a memory data storage defining a database for storing at least one of the raw data or derivative data associated therewith received from the first controller through the communication interface, wherein the derivative data corresponds to statistical data associated with the raw data, wherein the memory data storage is accessible by at least one of the first controller and a second controller through at least one of the communication interface and another communication interface, and wherein the at least one of the first controller and the second controller is permitted, responsive to an authorization, to update a currency processing system variable affecting, for subsequent output signals, at least one of an output signal by the sensor and an output signal from the first controller, the output signal from the first controller comprising at least one of a signal bearing the raw data and a signal bearing derivative data therefrom.