Appeal Number: 2006-2607
Application Number: 10/004,738
1 The appellants’ invention relates to a cash handling machine networked to
2 peripherals through a wireless communications network (Specification 1). An
3 understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim
4 15, which is reproduced below.
5 15. A cash management system comprising:
6 a first cash handling device for processing notes including
7 sorting of notes, totaling of notes received, and communicating note
8 totals to at least one of: a second cash handling device, a visual
9 display and communication through a network,
10 wherein said first cash handling device does not [sic, have] the
11 capability to receive or dispense coins;
12 a second cash handling device for processing coins including
13 sorting of coins, totaling of coins received, and communicating coin
14 totals to at least one of: the first cash handling machine, a visual
15 display and a network,
16 wherein said second cash handling device does not have the
17 capability to receive or dispense notes; and
18 wherein said first cash handling device and said second cash
19 handling device have respective circuits for communicating through a
20 first wireless communication network operating according to a
21 network standard for locally distributed wireless networks operating
22 without servers; and
23 wherein the first cash handling device and the second cash
24 handling device provide a cooperative cash management system in
25 which the totals for notes and coins, respectively, are brought together
26 through wireless communication from these respective devices within
27 a range of no more than 100 meters from each other and are displayed
28 on at least one of the first cash handling device, the second cash
29 handling device or a third device operating as a visual display no more
30 than 100 meters from one of the first the first cash handling device
31 and the second cash handling device.
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