Patents by Inventor William F. Brooks, Jr.

William F. Brooks, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electronic transmission and tracking of deposit information
    Patent number: 7562031
    Abstract: A cash control system for a business establishment having one or more cash registers includes a safe assembly. The safe assembly includes a safe for securing cash and a currency reader coupled to the safe for determining the amount of cash received in the safe. A central control unit is configured to receive deposit information from the safe assembly and to generate and transmit deposit reports. Preferably, the central control unit also transmits identifiers that distinguish deposit information accumulated during an accounting period before a predetermined event and deposit information accumulated during the accounting period after the predetermined event. The cash information server is configured to receive the deposit information and the identifiers from the central control unit and to identify the amount of cash collected by the business establishment during the accounting period. Preferably, the cash information server is located off-site from the safe assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: AT Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Brooks, Jr., Peter J. Rushie, III, Denis duPlanti
  • Electronic transmission and tracking of deposit information
    Patent number: 7216098
    Abstract: A cash control system for a business establishment having one or more cash registers includes a safe assembly. The safe assembly includes a safe for securing cash and a currency reader coupled to the safe for determining the amount of cash received in the safe. A central control unit is configured to receive deposit information from the safe assembly and to generate and transmit deposit reports. Preferably, the central control unit also transmits identifiers that distinguish deposit information accumulated during an accounting period before a predetermined event and deposit information accumulated during the accounting period after the predetermined event. The cash information server is configured to receive the deposit information and the identifiers from the central control unit and to identify the amount of cash collected by the business establishment during the accounting period. Preferably, the cash information server is located off-site from the safe assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: AT Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Brooks, Jr., Peter J. Rushie, III, Denis duPlanti
  • Cash management system
    Patent number: 6067530
    Abstract: A cash management system that tracks bills received at at least one business establishment by cashier, by amount and by time while securing those bills immediately within a drop safe upon receipt from the customer in preparation for pickup by a courier service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Brooks Armored Car Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Brooks, Jr., James K. Bluebello, Louis J. Frontino