Patent ID: 7950526

Claim:
A method for executing an ongoing money deposit transaction, in which an operator deposits bank notes in an apparatus for executing the money deposit transaction, according to which ongoing money deposit transaction deposited money is inserted and received in the apparatus during a first portion of the ongoing deposit transaction, and is credited to an account of the operator or may at least in part be returned to the operator during a second portion of the ongoing deposit transaction, comprising the following steps: inserting the bank notes to be deposited into an input pocket of the apparatus during the first portion of the ongoing deposit transaction, during the first portion of the ongoing deposit transaction, checking the inserted bank notes by a checking device of the apparatus at least as to the authenticity and the state of the bank notes and determining fitness for circulation of said banknotes as a result of the checking, transporting at least parts of the bank notes which were recognized as not fit for circulation by the checking device into a storage pocket of the apparatus not accessible by the operator during the first portion of the ongoing money deposit transaction, transporting at least parts of the bank notes which were recognized as fit for circulation by the checking device into a storage pocket of the apparatus freely accessible by the operator during the second portion of the ongoing money deposit transaction, subsequently transporting the bank notes located in the not accessible storage pocket into a bank note cassette not accessible by the operator; and crediting the account of the operator for the amount of money deposited by the operator and retained by the apparatus.