US 11,688,221 B1
Systems and methods for cash-till optimization
Shellie Crandall, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US); Brian McCabe, Jupiter, FL (US); and William Conner Barry, Oakhill, FL (US)
Assigned to G4S Retail Solutions (USA) Inc., Jupiter, FL (US)
Filed by G4S Retail Solutions (USA) Inc., Jupiter, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,318.
Application 17/696,318 is a continuation of application No. 16/697,503, filed on Nov. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,315,379.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/845,651, filed on May 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/773,550, filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 5/00 (2006.01); G07D 11/24 (2019.01); G07D 11/30 (2019.01); G07D 11/23 (2019.01); G07D 11/34 (2019.01)
CPC G07D 11/24 (2019.01) [G07D 11/23 (2019.01); G07D 11/30 (2019.01); G07D 11/34 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cash handling device comprising:
at least one cash recycler cassette configured to dispense cash for a register till of a plurality of register tills;
one or more memory storage areas; and
one or more processors configured to, together with the one or more memory storage areas and the at least one cash recycler cassette:
generate operational data comprising one or more register till identifiers and register till usage data associated with the one or more register till identifiers, wherein the register till usage data reflects exchange transactions between the cash handling device and a register till associated with a register till identifier;
transmit the operational data to a remote system together with one or more of: (a) a cash handling device identifier or (b) cash handling device configuration data;
receive, from the remote system, optimization data associated with each of the one or more register till identifiers, wherein the optimization data identifies a quantity of each of a plurality of cash denominations for dispensing in association with a corresponding register till identifier; and
upon receipt of a cash dispensing request associated with a register till identifier, dispense cash from the at least one recycler cassette in accordance with the optimization data.