Patent ID: 7602294

Claim:
A system for use during the transport of an item from a vehicle to a self-service terminal, the system comprising: a first short-range wireless communications device for association with the item to be transported, and a second short-range wireless communications device for association with personnel transporting the item, the first and second short-range wireless communications devices being configured to establish a wireless communications link there between and to detect proximity there between, a first long-range wireless communications device located in the vehicle and a second long-range wireless communications device associated with the personnel, the first and second long-range wireless communications devices being configured to establish a wireless communications link there between, and a wireless detector located in the vehicle and configured to wirelessly detect the movement of the item out of that vehicle, a security system of the item being primed upon such detection, wherein the security system is arranged to activate dependent upon the proximity of the first and second short-range wireless communications devices during transport of the item.