Patent ID: 7883005

Claim:
Apparatus configured for use in a banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records, comprising: a deposit accepting machine operative to receive deposit items, wherein the deposit items include cash, wherein the deposit accepting machine includes: at least one data bearing record reading device; a housing, wherein the housing includes an opening operative to receive deposit items into the housing, wherein the housing further includes a chest portion, wherein the chest portion is disposed from the opening, and wherein deposit items received in the opening of the housing move from the opening and are stored in the chest portion, wherein the at least one data bearing record reading device includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reading device, wherein the RFID reading device is operative to read at least one RFID signal from an RFID output device operatively connected with a deposit item in the housing, wherein the at least one RFID signal corresponds to data associated with the deposit item.