Patent ID: 7980461

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated transaction machine, wherein the machine includes: at least one reader device operative to read data corresponding to financial accounts, a user interface including a display, a note acceptor, wherein the note acceptor is adapted to receive notes from users of the machine, a container, wherein the container includes an interior area, wherein the container is able to receive notes added to the interior area through operation of the note acceptor, wherein the interior area is sized to hold notes stacked therein, wherein the interior area is able to hold a plurality of different levels of stacked notes, wherein the interior area is able to hold a full level of stacked notes, wherein the interior area is able to hold a near full level of stacked notes, wherein the machine is operative to count notes being added to the interior area, at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor is operative to sense inside the interior area, wherein the at least one sensor is operative to detect at least one particular level of stacked notes located in the interior area, wherein the at least one sensor is operative while the interior area holds stacked notes, to detect when a near full level of stacked notes has been reached, at least one processor in operative connection with the at least one reader device, the note acceptor, and the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one processor is operative to utilize data read by the at least one reader device, wherein the at least one processor operates responsive at least in part to the at least one sensor detecting a near full level of stacked notes, to determine a further quantity of notes that the interior area can hold to reach a full level of stacked notes, and allow an additional quantity of notes to be added to the interior area through operation of the note acceptor responsive at least in part to the additional quantity not exceeding the further quantity.