Patent ID: 8756158

Claim:
A currency recycler comprising: a housing including a plurality of stackers disposed within the housing and configured to hold currency; a processor located within the housing; a currency routing assembly disposed within the housing and in communication with the processor and configured to move currency received through an entrance of the housing to one or more of the stackers responsive to commands from the processor, wherein the currency routing assembly is configured to move selected currency from one or more of the stackers to an exit of the housing; a display communicably linked to the processor; an input device configured to select one or more options presented on the display; a network interface operably connected to the processor; a memory element coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions to direct the processor to perform operations comprising: present a plurality of transaction types for selection by a user on the display, wherein the plurality of transaction types includes one or more of an exchange transaction and a manual processing transaction; responsive to receiving a selection of the exchange transaction using the input device, initiating a withdrawal transaction by which the user is prompted for selection of a withdrawal amount and a preferred denomination; responsive to the selection of the withdrawal amount and the preferred denomination, determining whether the preferred denomination is available and if the preferred denomination is not available, prompting for selection of another denomination until a preferred denomination is determined to be available; dispensing the withdrawal amount in the form of the preferred denomination; and accepting the withdrawal amount in a deposit transaction.