Appeal Number: 2006-2607
Application Number: 10/004,738
1 Therefore, each of Amos’ ATM’s has both a cash handling device for
2 processing notes and a cash handling device for processing coins.
3 For bills and coins that have been deposited to be recycled automatically, the
4 bills and coins must be separated by denomination, i.e., they must be sorted, so that
5 the device can determine the locations of various denominations for subsequent
6 distribution.
7 A person of ordinary skill in the art would understand Amos’ accounting and
8 inventory control of notes and coins to inherently encompass tracking the
9 beginning inventories, receipts and distributions, and computing ending inventories
10 of notes and coins, because these are among the conventions of generally accepted
11 accounting principles.
12 These computations embrace totaling of notes and coins received. Similarly, a
13 person of ordinary skill in the art would understand that such totals would be
14 displayed for the purpose of auditing the recorded accounting results.
15 Amos’ cash note accepting/dispensing device, by design of paper currency,
16 cannot accept coins. Similarly, Amos’ coin accepting/dispensing device, by design
17 of metal coins, cannot accept paper currency.
18 Amos shows several embodiments that may be connected, beyond the ATM’s,
19 including personal computers and financial service institutions (col. 2, ll. 16-27).
20 Such personal computers and financial service institutions would themselves
21 separately be in communication with other networks, such as the internet.
22 Amos relies on communication by any network or networking architecture
23 and/or protocols available to facilitate communications between multiple machines
24 (col. 3, ll. 20-29).
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