Patent ID: 8469262

Claim:
An automated teller machine comprising: a cash dispensing device configured to: determine the denomination of a plurality of bills, wherein the denomination is either a first or second denomination; automatically alter the plurality of bills, based at least partially on determining the denomination of the plurality of bills, wherein bills of the first denomination are altered in a first configuration, wherein bills of the second denomination are altered in a second configuration, and wherein the first configuration is different from the second configuration, wherein the bills are altered such that a user is able to tacitly distinguish the first denomination from the second denomination, and wherein the alteration is temporary and the bill can be unaltered to a pre-altered state; dispense the bills of a first denomination in the first configuration; and dispense the bills of the second denomination in the second configuration; and a communication device configured to communicate with a user's transaction device to receive user preferences, and wherein the cash dispensing device is further configured to alter bills of the first denomination in a different configuration than bills of the second denomination based on the user preferences received via communication with the user's transaction device.