Patent ID: 8231049

Claim:
Apparatus, comprising: a processor; computer memory holding computer program instructions executed by the processor to perform a method for monitoring a money dispenser that has been loaded with money, the method comprising: receiving a data stream of actual withdrawals from the money dispenser from a start of a current load period; comparing the actual withdrawals against a withdrawal forecast for the current load period; determining a likelihood of the money dispenser running out of money before an end of the current load period by the following sub-steps: computing an upper limit on a demand for withdrawals from the money dispenser during one or more remaining time periods in the current load period; and using the computed upper limit on the demand for withdrawals, determining, with a given confidence level, a date through which an amount of money remaining in the money dispenser is expected to last; and based on the determination of the likelihood of the money dispenser running out of money, taking a given action.