ITRN20070011A1 - IN THE MACHINES THAT RECEIVE, USE OF THE DISPENSERS (OF COINS AND / OR BANKNOTES OR OTHERWISE) ALSO FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RECEIPTS AND FOR THE POSSIBLE ELIMINATION OF DEDICATED CASES ONLY, OR ALMOST, IN COLLECTION COLLECTION; WITH OR WITHOUT ANY DISTRIBUTION - Google Patents

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TITLE: In the machines that collect, use of the dispensers (coins and / or banknotes or other) also for the payment of the collection and for the possible elimination of cash desks dedicated only, or almost, to collection of the Collection; with or without any selective distribution of the collection and / or information; with or without biometric and / or remotely monitored security control for access to the aforementioned distributions (of values and / or information) extended, in the case of information, also to machines that do not collect.

SPECIAL NOTE (coma from letter? L "of the MODULE" for patent application for industrial invention): the four designated inventors participate equally in the rights and duties on the patent.

ABSTRACT (as per letter "G * of PROSPECTUS MODULE A for patent application for industrial invention): In apparatus (aka machines) of any type ([Al] mechanical, [A2] electromechanical, [A3] electrical. [A4] electronic ) who collect money (in [BMJ currency and / or in [BB] banknotes) and / or [BG] tokens and / or [BT] tickets, it is possible to eliminate one, or more, or each cash box (and relative compartments, supports, accesses, protection locks, etc.) normally provided only, or almost exclusively, for the collection of the collection; this is through the use of one or more [DE] dispensing devices ([EM] of coins and / or [EG ] of tokens and / or [EB] of banknotes and / or [ET] of tickets) which, in whole or in part, can be added and / or already present in such machines to deliver coins and banknotes to the public as change and / or winnings, and / or tokens and / or tickets as a win and / or receipt for the purchase of services; to do this, the tanks (integral [TI] to the respective dispensers or separate [TE] from them) of the devices [DE ] dispensers of m coins and / or tokens and / or banknotes and / or tickets, also act as a cash desk for the values ([BM], [BB], [BG], [BT]) collected and, with an appropriate confidential procedure (unknown to public but known to the entitled persons) supply, upon request ([HI] joint or [H2] separate of the entitled persons only), the quantity? of desired collection, in compliance with the distinct upper limits due to the entitled parties; the management system (accounting and command and control of the dispensing devices) according to the desired criteria of the flows of outgoing values takes place through a set [SG] of devices ([J1] mechanical and / or [J2] electromechanical and / or [J3 | electric and / or [J4] electronic; [K1] immodifiable and / or [K2] adjustable and / or [K3J programmable) which can be [L1] specifically dedicated only to these management functions and / or [L2] obtained by partially using other devices intended for other functions as well (example: in a gaming machine using at this end part of the electronic board). Therefore, by using the reservoirs of the coin and / or token and / or banknote and / or ticket dispensing devices as a cash box, it is possible to eliminate the separate cash boxes intended exclusively (or almost) for collection collection, and how much ro implied by their presence and accessibility. In addition, the management system [SG] can? use the dispensers to distribute (by means of secret procedures and / or by means of keys and / or other security devices, such as biometrics and remote controls) in whole or in part the amounts due to the various entitled to collection, or to supply a single indistinct solution the collection.

CURRENT STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE; The cashier, normally provided for the collection of the Collection,? used only, or almost, for this purpose: it is physically accessed (with hands and / or tools) for its emptying; its presence also implies a volume to house it and that it is easily accessible, and, therefore, in addition to its positioning in areas usually less easily defensible than others, it also implies the presence of access doors, as well as? of latches and d? locks et? d? armor and / or generic protections: things, all these, that cost and clutter, The management of the contents of the cash box, in the few examples existing only in some types of gaming machines, lacks an accounting? concrete and certain automatic, limiting itself to showing on the screen how the theoretical proceeds should be divided, but without printing accounting documents and without concrete distributions of money divided by the various parts. In addition, not all the various parties entitled to a portion of the collection can access their own rights independently and free of errors and / or offenses of others; the parties having rights but not having the possibility? to physically access the cash register have no certain guarantee of the respect of their entitlements. Current cash withdrawal devices are made up of complex, tempting, delicate and noisy mechanisms that need energy. The usual automatic non-use by machines of how much? in the collection box, obliges frequent restocking of the money dispensing devices, complicates the accounting motto? and forces interruptions in the operation of the machine to perform the operations d? supply, with additional risks (bag-snatching, theft, robbery) for those who have to approach the car with heavy sacks of coins which they must still keep available nearby? of the car. In prize machines, the lack of rational management [N2] (described below) of the winnings to be paid out increases this problem.

DESCRIPTION: The generic values fn input VIN {[BMJ coins, [BG] tokens, [BBj banknotes, [BTJ tickets) are screened by the appropriate acceptors normally already? present on the machines that collect; if the values introduced are not to be discarded {why? out of tolerance or not recognized or false), the acceptors [AM] of coins and / or [AG] of tokens and / or [AB] of banknotes and / or [ATI of tickets, provide {through ducts normally present on machines that collect or by free fall), to direct the accepted input values VQK towards the tanks of one or more? of the respective [DE] dispensing devices ([EM | of coins or [EG] tokens or [EB] banknotes or [ET] tickets) in whole or in part [M1] already? present, or, in whole or in part, [M2] added for this purpose, At each acceptance of VIN values the management system [SG] receives normal SIN signals (analogue and / or digital: wave and / or pulse ; mechanical, electromechanical, electronic, electrical, electromagnetic, magnetic, optical, radio; that is, of any type) by the devices ([AM] and / or [AG] and / or [AM] and / or [AG]) in charge of acceptance of the VIN input values and updates the recorder [R] (analogue and / or digital; continuous and / or pulsed; mechanical, electromechanical, electrical, electronic, electromagnetic, magnetic, optical, radio; that is, of any type ) of the accepted values, also in relation to the size {t) of the accepted Entries, At each delivery of VE values the management system [SG] receives normal SE signals (analogue and / or digitized; wave and / or pulse: mechanical, electromechanical, electronic; electrical, electromagnetic, magnetic, optical, radio; that of any type) from devices {[EM] and / or [EG] and / or [EM] and / or [EG]) in charge of dispensing the output VE values and updates the recorder R also in relation to the denomination {t) of coins and / or tokens and / or banknotes and / o tickets and / or products and / or services supplied - 1 SIN and / or SE signals can be bidirectional and unidirectional depending on the technical characteristics of the connected devices and / or the connections and / or the desired performances. Thus, the management system [SG] always knows exactly which one? for each denomination m of tokens and / or coins and / or banknotes and / or? tiekets and / or incoming and / or outgoing objects or services, the quantity? current of values VP ^ materially present in the apparatus by carrying out the simple set of operations

where the subscript {t) has the meaning of denomination of the token or coin or banknote or ticket or object or service considered, and VOt? 0 of initial endowment of cut values (t) immossi, or already? present in the appliance when it is started up. We leave out the non-essential management of any [N1] refusals to purchase products and / or services that are out of stock and / or for a machine blocked awaiting maintenance, as well as? the non-essential, but appropriate, management [N2] of the events that determine the winnings in the case of a game with prizes in which the maximum prize foreseen for the single game can exceed the cost of the single game itself (in practice, it is avoided that the player can win, in the single current game, more values than there are materially present at the end of the previous game). By any procedure [01] known only to those entitled (example: use of one or more security keys of any type {mechanical, electro-mechanical, electronic, electrical, magnetic}, in conjunction or as an alternative to a particular secret sequence df typing on the keys of the device, in conjunction or alternatively and any, photometric recognition system (with vacated fingerprints and / b with fingerprints and / b with eye prints, age of any other type d; btometric data}) in conjunction with a particular time period of the day and / or the week and / or the month and / b of the year eie.) the person entitled has access to the [P1] accounting information reserved for him. At his discretion, by means of a similar other procedure [02] known to him; and reserved to him, the entitled person can? [P2] withdraw all or part of the quantity? of values reserved for him. In this case the management system [SG1 automatically updates the recorder [R]. The system [P1] of information on accounting? and that [P2] for the withdrawal in whole or in part of the due values, can be made up, in whole or in part, jointly or separately, by any combination of information and / or command and / or counter devices: for example of type: printed (also Braille, or punched cards,. etc.), mechanical, electromechanical,? electronic, electrical magnetic, analog, digital, biometric, kinescope (CRT), liquid crystal (LCD), plasma, OLED (drganlc Ligtit Emitting Diode); remote control, interactive or not. via cameras and / or microphones etc. The controls can be of a variable and / or interactive type, that is to say that they propose requests of different types from time to time (example: imprint of the first few fingers of the right hand and at the following access imprints of those other fingers of the left hand; at each attempt access pronunciation of a different word in response to a "different question; etc). And controls can also be of a dynamic type, that is through recognition (by operator and / or video scanner) of features and / or facial appearance and / or appropriate sequences of movements via video cameras. Similarly, with recognition by operator and / or audio scanner of appropriate dialogues via audio-phone devices, these controls can be located either on the machine or in remote locations, with or without the aid of operators. access to accounting information [PT] can be lacking without compromising everything. The collection [P2J of the collection can also be of the type? distinguished between one or more? or all those entitled. The person entitled to access the collection can? be one. Can the collection dispensing commands be replaced by manually operated buttons for total or partial emptying (continuous and / or pulsed) of one or more? of the dispenser tanks. The various types and / or the various denominations (t) of input values ([BM], [BB], [BG], fBTj and / or the corresponding devices accepted) and / or? various types and / or various "denominations" (of coins or banknotes or tokens or tiekels and related dispensing devices [EMI of coins or [EN] dr banknotes or [EG] of tokens or [ET] d? tickets?) present description being whatever the type and denomination of coins, tokens, banknotes, tickets considered in the context of this request d? patent. The management systems [SGJ and / or recording [R] and / or information [P1J and / or sampling [F2] systems can be separated and / or integrated in whole or in part between them and / or with other devices of the machine.

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CLAIMS: with reference to the initials already? used in the summary and in the description constituting this patent: 1. Apparatus {aka machines) of any type ([A1] mechanical, [A2] electromechanical, [A3} electric, [A4] electronic) that collect money {both in [BM] money and in [BB] banknotes) and / o [BG] tokens and / or [??] tickets, characterized by being without one, or more, or none of the boxes (coin box [CM], banknote box [CBj. token box [CGJ, cash box for tickets [CT]) of collection of the collection only (or almost only) to these dedicated collections, and which for the disbursement of the collection use one or more? dispensing devices [DE] ([EM] of coins or [EG] of tokens or [EN] of banknotes or [ET] d? tickets) by activating commands not available to the public. 2. Apparatus (aka machines) of any type ([A1] mechanical, [A2] electromechanical, [A3] electric, [A4] electronic) that collect money (both in [BM] money and in [BB] banknotes) and / o [BG] tokens and / or [BT] tickets, equipped with one or more? cash desks (coin box [CMJ, banknote box [CB], token box [CG], ticket box [CT])) for collecting the collection only (or almost only) for these dedicated collections, and characterized by allowing the - provision, in whole or in part, of the collection using what may be present in one or more of the aforementioned dispensing devices [DE] {[EM] of coins or [EG] of tokens or [EN] of banknotes or [ET] of tickets) by activating commands not available to the public. 3. Appliances (alias machines) referred to in claims "1 and" 2. ", characterized by having a management system [SG | with selective distribution [P2] and / or total collection of one or more? of those entitled through one or more of the aforementioned dispensing devices [DEI ([EM] of coins or [EG] of tokens or [EN] of banknotes or [ED of tickets)) by activating commands not available to the public, with or without access to high accounting information [P1] 4. Appliances [aka machines) referred to in one or more? of all the previous claims, characterized by allowing those entitled to access partial and / or total selective distribution [P2] of the collection also, or only, through one or more? biometric controls of any kind (with voice and / or fingerprints and / or eye prints, and / or olfactory fingerprints and / or recognition of any other type of static biometric data, alias constant, and / or dynamic, alias variable}. 5. Appliances (aka machines) of which one or more? of all the proceeding claims, characterized by allowing actions having right to access parts of the machine that you want to keep confidential even, or only, through one or more? biometric checks d? any type (with voice and / or fingerprints and / or eye prints, and / or olfactory impressions and / or recognition of any other type of static biometric data, constant alias, and / or dynamic, variable alias}. 6. Appliances (aka machines) of which one or more? of all previous claims, characterized by allowing those entitled to access parts of the machine that they want to keep confidential also, or only, through one or more? video controls for the recognition of features and / or movements, 7. Appliances (aka machines) of coi to one or more? of all the previous claims, characterized by allowing those entitled to access parts of the machine that they want to keep confidential also, or only, through one or more? audio controls for the recognition of appropriate dialogues 8. Appliances (aka machines) of which one or more? of all the previous claims, characterized by having the contrailes referred to in claims? 47, "5.", "6." and? 7. "local type (inside the machine itself or near it?) 9. Appliances (aka machines) of which one or more? of all the preceding claims, characterized by the avefe! with us as per claims "4.",? 5. ", 6 and" 7. "of the remote type (fountains, in appropriate locations and / or centers). 10. Appliances (aka machines) referred to in ac pi? of all the preceding claims, characterized by having the controls referred to in claims "47," 57, * 67,? 7. "," 87 and "97 of a type, in whole or in part, both local and remote, 11. Appliances (aka machines) of which one or more? of all the preceding claims, characterized by having the controls set forth in claims "47, * 57,? 67,? 7 8,? 9.? and? 10." local and / or remote type made only by automatic devices without the help of operators. 12 Appliances (aka machines) of which one or more? d? all previous claims, characterized by having? Controls referred to in claims "47,? 57," 67,? 77, "8.". "97, and? 0.? Of flint and / or remote type also made with the aid of operators- 13. Appliances (aka machines) of which one or more? of all the previous claims, characterized by? having the controls d? referred to in claims? 4. ",? 5.", "e.?, * 77,?." t? 97,? 107, ?? 17 and? 127 of variable and / or interactive type, in the sense that the from time to time propose different types of requests that must be understood (not always being the same but variable) and whose expected responses (biometric data to be provided) presuppose the choice of right response actions by those attempting access, 14, Apparatus (aka machines) referred to in claim "13." in which the biometric data to be provided are replaced by passwords or variable responses resulting from logical paths unknown to the public. 15, Appliances (aka machines) d? referred to in one or more of all the previous claims, and characterized by having one or more? of the controls referred to in claims? 47,? 57, "6" 7. "." 8. "," 9. "." 10. "," 117, "127," 137 and "147 applied to the control of access to accounting information [PI], 16, Appliances (alias machines) of which to one or more? of all the previous claims, characterized by having two or more? of the four types of acceptor devices for the four types of input values incorporated in a single type of accepted device that communicates with the management system [SG], 17. Appliances (aka machines) of which one or more? of all the previous claims, characterized by having two or more? of the four types of dispensing devices for the four types of output values incorporated in a single type of dispensing device that communicates with the management system [SG], 18. Appliances (aka machines) d? which to one or more? of all the previous claims, characterized by having one or more? of the four types of devices accepted for the input values and one or more? of the four types of dispensing devices for the output values incorporated in a single type of device that communicates with the management system [SG], 19. Appliances (aka machines) of which one or more? of all the preceding claims, with or without access to accounting information [P1], with selective distribution [P2] of the collection to one or more of the entitled parties through "all or nothing" payments through the aforementioned dispensing devices [DE] . 20. Appliances (aka machines) of which one or more? of all the previous claims, with access to: accounting information [P1] for more? entitled, but with distribution [P2] of! collection reserves it to a single entitled person. 21. Use of one or more? of all the previous claims in the? VENDING MACHINES * of the aforementioned for a fee. 22. Use of one or more? of all the previous claims in the? VENDING MACHINES "for a fee of fuels. 23. Use of one or more? df all the previous claims in "AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTORS" for payment of electricity of any type and of any origin. 24. Use of one or more? of ALL the previous claims in the "AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTORS" for payment of any type of energy. 25. Use of one or more? of all the previous claims in the "AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTORS for payment of products of any type for the production and / or use of energy of any type, 26. Use of one or more? of claims * 4.? ,, "5.",? 6 "7.", "8.?," 9 "10,", 11 "12.", "13." and? 14. ? in the "ATMs". 27. Use of one or more? of claims "4,", * 5 "6" 7. "," 8, "," 9 "10.", "11? 12. *,? 3." and? 14.? in the? POST 28. Use of one or more? of the claims "4.",? 5 "6.", "7.", "8.",? 9? 10. ",? 117," 12, ",? 13." and "14" for payments into? CONTINUOUS CASSE ". 29. Use of one or more? of the claims? 4 "5.",? 6? 7.?,? 8. "," 9 10 ",? 11," 12. "," 13.? ' and "14.? for transactions to be carried out via? CREDIT CARDS? on terminals of the" ATM "and / or" POS? and / or "CONTINUOUS CASH", 30. Use of one or more? of all the previous claims in gaming machines (aka machines) that distribute prizes in coins and / or tokens and / or banknotes and / or ticKets and / or objects and / or services. 31. Use of one or more? of all previous claims in gaming machines (aka machines) that do not distribute prizes in coins and /? tokens and / or banknotes and / or tickets and / or objects and / or services, 32. Use of one or more of claims 4. "," 5 ',? 6 "7?,? 8? 9 10" 11 12, 13 and 14. "for start and / or adjustment and / or stop operations and / or maintenance and / or modification to be carried out on gaming machines of any type. 33. Use of one or more? of claims "4.", "6.", 6 "7", 8.?, "9" 10. "," 11. ", 12, 13" and? 4, 'for start-up and / or adjustment operations and / or shutdown and / or maintenance and / or modification to be carried out on machines of any type, with or without built-in. 34. Appliances (aka machines) referred to in one or more of all the previous claims, with or without distribution [P2] of any collection, but, for those entitled, with access, according to one or more? of claims "4, 5,, 6 7? 8.", 9? 10, "11.",? 12.?, 13. "and 14 to information [PI] of any type (not only accounting and not only of machine). 35. Use of a c pi? of all the previous claims in devices (aka machines) that do not distribute prizes n? ticket n? objects but which for a fee enable the use of services in another position. 36. Use of one or more? of all the previous claims in devices {aka machines) that do not distribute prizes n? ticket n? but objects for payment inhabit the use of services on the machine itself (for example: information). 37. Use of one or more? of claims "4. 5." 6. ",? 7, 8? 9.", * 10, "11.?, 12,? 13 and 14 in release machines (free and / or partial or full payment) of medical information and / or certifications (to patients and / or authorized doctors) given their nature of confidential information (such as accounting information of type [P1] for the right holders). 38. Use of one or more? of all the previous claims in devices (aka machines) for the release (free of charge and / or with partial or total payment) of medicines and / or medical devices of a confidential distribution type {ie? not over the counter but only by medical prescription) given the dual need to protect both the distribution of medical devices and / or drugs of value and / or dangerous, and information on the state of health {similarly to the distribution [P2] of values and information accounting [PII for those entitled to it). The medical prescription can? be both a paper sheet withdrawn from the machine and scanned by a special acceptor for the input verification of its validity, and / or a set of confidential data to be provided according to one or more? of claims 4 /, "5" 6, -7,? 8. ", 9 /,? 10, 11" 12. ",." 13 / and? 14 / in conjunction with requests for medical devices and / or drugs of valuable and / or dangerous, 39. Use of one or more? of the claims? 4?,? 5. ",? 6" 7 8,9, / 10,11,12 * 13. "and? 14." in machines for the release (free of charge and / or with partial or total payment) of information and / or certifications of a confidential type, such as, for example, those protected by privacy laws and sensitive data in general, given their nature of information confidential as the accounting information d? type [PI} for those entitled to it. 40. Use of one or more? of the claims? 4.?, "5.", "6.",? 7 8,9, / 10 / 11,12 13. "and" 14. "in machines for the release (free of charge and with a paid or total payment) of information and / or certifications of any type, given the nature of the information stored to those entitled to do so, similarly to [F1] type accounting information for those entitled to do so. 41. PDAs and smart-phones are included in all the previous claims while computers? of personal type (D desk-top) and / or laptops (or notebooks) are explicitly excluded only from the previous claims about access protections by fingerprints but not of other parts of the body, 42. Appliances (aka machines) of any purpose? and type with one or more? of the preceding claims and according to what is described and / or summarized and / or drawn in the entire forms and documentation constituting this patent application,