Patent ID: 8032459

Claim:
A banknote-handling system comprising a) a plurality of banknote-handling machines for depositing and/or dispensing valuable documents through transactions, each of said banknote handling machines having transaction handling components and separate administrative handling components; b) a plurality of banks for accounting of the transactions performed using said banknote-handling machines; c) a coordinating central unit configured to communicate with said banknote handling machines for receiving information relating to the banknote content of the machines and to the need for banknotes reported by the general public and businesses or made apparent in some other way, and for sending command signals on the basis of said information and intended for the activation of units within the system; d) a transport system including a plurality of service vehicles for physically effecting the requisite transportation of banknotes between the banknote-handling machines and the banks in response to the need at that time; e) a central bank for monitoring the activities of said banks in general and the actual handling of banknotes; and f) an electronic information system for enabling the individual and mutual activities to take place in said units, said electronic information system being divided into two mutually separate subsystems through which said banknote handling machines communicate with said coordinating central unit including, a first subsystem directly connected to said transaction handling components of said banknote-handling machines by a high speed connection and configured to transmit information and signals relating to, and having their basis in transactions, such as banknote-handling, between the banks on one hand and the general public and businesses on the other hand, with respect to their activities within the banknote-handling system; and a second subsystem directly connected to said administrative handling components of said banknote-handling machines by a second connection separate from said high speed connection, each of said banknote-handling machines thereby having two different connections each configured for separate transmission of information and signal transfers having their basis in transactions and referred to as transaction data, and administrative and technical signal transfers referred to as logistic and technical data, respectively, of said each banknote-handling machine with said coordinating central unit, said second subsystem being configured to transmit purely administrative and technical signal transmission required in respect of the requisite co-operation between the various units, including coordinating central unit, vehicles and banknote-handling machines, and banks within the banknote-handling system.