ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,479, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to GLORY LTD. (Himeji, Japan).

"Cash handling system and cash handling method" was invented by Daisuke Inokami (Himeji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to improve efficiency of an operation of a cash handling system and reduce the labor required for the operation, a POS register receives an input of a cash-out amount, and an input of a charge amount. The POS register reads a debit card ID from a debit card, and transmits a settlement request including the debit card ID and a settlement amount to a management server. Upon receiving the settlement request, the management server withdra...