Patent ID: 8682917

Claim:
A method of searching and tracking currency bills, the method comprising: determining whether a user seeks to search for a currency bill or whether the user seeks to track a currency bill; when the user seeks to track a currency bill: prompting the user to enter information comprising a serial number, location, and indication of possession of said currency bill; receiving a negative indication of possession of said currency bill; flagging the entered information as an alternate transaction, where the alternate transaction indicates lack of natural circulation; and displaying a bill tracking report wherein the currency bill is denoted as alternate; when the user seeks to search for a currency bill: prompting the user to enter information comprising a serial number, location, and indication of possession of said currency bill; receiving a negative indication of possession of said currency bill; flagging the entered information as an alternate transaction, where the alternate transaction indicates lack of natural circulation; performing a partial matching search using the entered serial number, where one or more matching currency bills are returned and presented to the user for selection; receiving selection of a matching currency bill from the user; and displaying a bill tracking report wherein the currency bill is denoted as alternate.