MXPA01010680A - A system and method for securely storing and controlling the dispensing of a payout - Google Patents

Abstract

In a system and method for securely storing and controlling the dispensing of a payout, the system includes a payout dispenser (Fig. 1,14) for securely storing and dispensing a payout, and a terminal (Fig. 1, 16) for controlling the dispensing of the payout and for interfacing with an attendant in connection with the payout. The system further includes a network (Fig. 1, 24) for interconnecting the payout dispenser and the terminal. The system may also include a device for indicating a payout payable responsive to the input of a person to whom the payout is payable, wherein the payout indicating device may be connected to the payout dispenser and the terminal by a network. The system may further include a device for enabling the dispensing of a payout breakage amount which is the difference between the payout in a payout dispenser denomination and the payment to be paid out. The system may still further include a central terminal (Fig. 1, 66) for centrally controlling the dispensing of payouts at a plurality of local stations to which the central terminal may be networked.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SAFELY SAVE AND CONTROL A DISTRIBUTION OF A PAYMENT BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates in general to improvements in systems and methods of storage and payment control and, more particularly, to a new and improved system and method for securely storing and controlling the distribution of a payment.

Description of the Related Art It has been known to provide systems such as retail cash registers and change machines to store and allow the distribution of payments at sites such as retail stores or the like. It has been necessary to have on hand a large supply of money in such places to cover substantial transactions, requiring the inefficient and inconvenient replacement of such supply on a relatively frequent basis. In addition, these large supplies were maintained in retail cash registers and / or exchange machines at those sites, where such machines were subject to the theft of money by criminals and / or managers. It has also been known in jurisdictions where gambling is legal, such as the state of Nevada, United States REF: 133212 United States, which have gaming machines in places such as convenience stores, grocery stores, taverns, or similar, such as video poker machines and / or electronic slot machines. The gaming machines may include a coin hopper for receiving coins for the game and for storing coins to settle payments such as cash outlets and / or major prizes that result from the execution of the game. The coin hoppers in such machines had to be filled relatively frequently due to substantial payments. Additionally, large amounts of money had to be kept on hand at those remote sites, to substantially cover the payments incurred on such machines beyond the amount of coins in the coin hoppers. Also, such large amounts of money were kept relatively unsafe at those sites on retail cash registers and / or machines, where such machines were also subject to the theft of money by criminals and / or managers. In addition to those stuffing and security issues, in an environment of the type of routes, where the route may comprise remote locations one from the other for the filling of cash registers, change machines and / or coin game hoppers, the filling frequency has increased quite a lot and much inconvenience has been made. In such a route type environment, particularly for gaming machine sites, the inconvenience of frequent refills with the popularity of coin acceptors in gaming machines where coin bins are not replenished with coins has escalated inside the machine, whereby payments can not be made from the coin hopper without emptying it. Therefore, those involved with the development and use of systems and methods and the like of storage and control of improved payments have recognized the need for systems and methods to allow a substantial supply of payments to be stored safely and to control the distribution of payments. payments, in such a way as to reduce the need for frequent filling of them.

Accordingly, the present invention meets these needs by providing efficient and effective systems and methods for safely storing and controlling the distribution of a payment, in such a way as to allow a substantial supply of payments to be safely stored, to reduce the need for refilling of providing payment, and to control the distribution of a payment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Briefly, and in general terms, the present invention provides a new and improved system and method for the secure storage and control of the distribution of a payment. As an example, and not by way of limitation, the present invention provides a new and improved system to allow secure storage and controlled distribution of a payment, in such a way that security is increased and the need for replenishment is reduced. More particularly, the present invention may include a system for securely storing and controlling the distribution of a payment at a local station. The system can include a payment distribution machine, to store safely and distribute a payment. Additionally, it can include a terminal, to control the distribution of the payment, adapted to connect to the payment distribution machine and to establish an interface with a manager in connection with the payment. The system can include a network for the interconnection of the payment distribution machine and the terminal. The payment distribution machine can be adapted to store and distribute a payment in a denomination of the payment distribution machine, and the system can additionally include a device to indicate that a payment can be paid in response to the data entry of a person to whom payment can be paid, such as for a cashout or main prize resulting from the execution of a game on a gaming machine. The payment indication device can be connected to the payment distribution machine and to the terminal by means of a network. The system may additionally include a device to allow the distribution of a fractionation amount of the payment, which is the difference between the payment in the denomination of the payment distribution machine and the payment that will be paid in a denomination of the fractionation of the payment smaller than the denomination of the payment distribution machine. In a system of this type adapted to include a central station and a plurality of local stations, the central station may include a central terminal for centrally controlling the distribution of payments at the local stations. Each of the plurality of local stations can be adapted to be connected to the central station, and each can include a payment distribution machine, and a local terminal. The system may additionally include a network for the interconnection of the central station and the local station, adapted to interconnect the payment distribution machine of the local station, the local terminal, and the central terminal.

Therefore, an advantage of the present invention is that it includes a system to allow the secure storage and controlled distribution of a payment. A plurality of payment indicating devices such as gaming machines in a remote location can be connected to a local terminal and / or a central terminal, to allow payments to be made efficiently and securely for the winners and / or for the boxed outputs set in the gaming machines. A payment distribution machine allows a person in charge of a payment to efficiently carry out the appropriate payment on his site from the supply of the payment denomination safely stored in and automatically distributed from a payment distribution machine, under the control of the local or central terminal for the verification of the transaction. In a local-central network system, the local terminal at the site is adapted to be controlled by the central terminal at the central station for transaction verification. The system is adapted to efficiently perform payment determinations based on the amount of the transaction, to verify effectively the amount of the transaction, and to efficiently decide whether a payment can be distributed from the payment-distributing machine and / or if the payment can be made. be made from the payment splitting device which can obtain funds from the payment distribution machine. Another advantage is that the present invention provides a system adapted to be installed safely and conveniently in places such as convenience stores, grocery stores, or taverns, where previously they could not be available due to the security risk in large amounts of payments that were necessary to keep at hand, and because it was not desirable to have large quantities in unsafe containers. A further advantage is that the present invention allows the convenient and efficient provision of sufficient payments for secure storage and automatically verified distribution, in a route type system with separate locations where the distribution machine is located remotely from one another. Still an additional advantage is that the system allows the automatic payment of the secure supply in the payment distribution machine, in places where the payment indicator devices comprise gaming machines which may include note acceptors and coin hoppers, while eliminating substantially the need for the inconvenience and inefficient frequent replenishment of the coin hoppers, and allows payments to be made from a central fund to bypass supplies of fast dissipating coins in the coin hoppers in the gaming machines. Another advantage is that the payment distribution machine comprises a container of insured type, instead of a cash drawer which can be easily opened with a lever or easily accessed by a criminal, providing a secure storage of the supply of payments. In addition, the person in charge of the site does not need to be provided with a key for the payment distribution machine, with which the person in charge may not be able to obtain access to the payment supply if a criminal or the manager wishes to access said access. These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be appreciated from the following more detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying illustrative drawings or embodiments.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a block diagram of a network system of a local station-central station, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 is a perspective view of a payment distribution machine, a terminal, a controller, and a printer, in one embodiment of the invention; Figure 3 is a perspective view of a payment distribution machine with extracted internal elements, a terminal, and a printer, in the practice of one embodiment of the invention; Figure 4 is a perspective side view of an open payment distribution machine for displaying the internal elements, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention; Figure 5 is a perspective rear view of a payment distribution machine showing connections therein, in the practice of one embodiment of the present invention; Figure 6 is a perspective view of a terminal in accordance with one embodiment in the practice of the invention; Figure 7 is a perspective view of payment indicating devices in accordance with one embodiment of the invention; Figure 8 is a perspective view of a printer, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; Figure 9 is a rear perspective view of an energy supply in accordance with the practice of one embodiment of the invention; Figure 10 is a perspective view of an interface card in the practice of one embodiment of the present invention; Figure 11 is a printout of an example of a transaction, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention; Figure 12 is a printout of an example of another transaction, in one embodiment of the invention; and Figure 13 is a flow diagram of an example of a transaction in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to an improved system and method for the secure storage and control of the distribution of a payment. The improved system and method provides efficient payment storage and effective control of your distribution. Preferred embodiments of the system and improved method are illustrated and described herein by way of example only and not by way of limitation.

Now with reference to the drawings, where similar reference numerals denote similar and corresponding parts throughout the figures of the drawings, and particularly of Figures 1-10, a system 10 for securely storing a payment is provided. , and to control the distribution of the payment 12. The payment 12 may comprise, for example, money in paper money, a voucher, a coupon, or any other item that it is desired to distribute. For example, the payment 12, may constitute the payment of all or part of an amount to be paid, and / or may allow the payment of all or part of an amount to be paid. As shown in Figures 1-3, in a system 10 adapted to be located in a single site, such as for example in a convenience store or the like, the system 10 includes a payment distribution machine 14, for secure storage and the distribution of payment units 12, a terminal 16, adapted to connect with the payment distribution machine 14, to control the distribution of payment 12 and to establish an interface with a manager in connection with payment 12, and a network of the payment distribution machine-terminal 18, for the interconnection of the payment distribution machine 14 and the terminal 16. As shown in Figures 1-3, the payment distribution machine 14 is adapted to securely store, for example, a large number of payment units 12 in a denomination of the payment distribution machine, and to efficiently distribute units of payment 12 as required in the denomination of the distribution machine of p agos, such as for example twenty dollar bills. The payment distribution machine 14 can also be adapted to distribute a plurality of different denominations of the payment distribution machine, such as, for example, one, five, ten and twenty dollar bills. In addition, the system 10 may include a plurality of payment distribution machines 14, each of which may distribute a different denomination. As illustrated in Figures 1 and 7, the system 10 may additionally include a device 20 to indicate that the payment 12 may be paid in response to the data entry of a person to whom the payment may be paid. payment 20 may comprise a gaming machine, such as for example a video poker machine or an electronic slot machine, to indicate that a payment 12 is payable for example in response to a "cash out" or "main prize" result of the execution of a game in the gaming machine. The system 10 may include a plurality of payment indicating devices 20 at a site, such as up to thirty-five payment indicating devices 20 linked together in the form of a daisy chain. A network of payment indicating devices 22 can interconnect the payment indicating devices 20 with each other and with the payment distribution machine 14 and the terminal 16. The network of payment indication devices 22 can include an interface board 24, which may comprise, for example, an RS 485 protocol interface for connecting the payment indication device 20 to the payment indication device network 22, and which may include, for example, an 8051 processor integrated into a set of payment devices. two cards with random access memory (RAM) and program memory, and serial and other parallel input / output ports. The payment indicating device 20 can issue a transaction ticket after the execution of a winning game, rewarding in terminal 16 for the person to obtain the payment 12, or can block and direct the person to terminal 16 for the payment. payment 12. The payment indication device network 22 may include connectors 26. The system 10 may additionally include a device 28 to allow distribution of the fractionation of a payment, which is the difference between the payment 12 and the denomination units of a payment. the machine that distributes payments in the payment distribution machine. For example, the fractionation of the payment of a payment of $ 42.25, where the denomination of machine of distribution of payments is of twenty dollar bills, could be of $ 2.25, which is the difference between the payment of $ 42.25, and the units, in a number of two, of the denomination of the machine that distributes twenty dollar bills, totaling $ 40.00. The payment splitting device 28 may include a fractionation of the payment into a payment fractionation denomination smaller than the denomination of a payment distribution machine, such as, for example, one, five, and ten dollar bills. The payment splitting device 28 may include a device 30, such as an exchange machine, for the distribution of a change denomination for payments smaller than the denomination of fractionation of payments such as, pennies, five cents , ten cents, and twenty-five cents. The device 28 that includes the exchange device for payments 30 may comprise, for example, a register of a retailer. The payment splitting device 28 may have funds and remain in the system 10, maintaining a running total of the amount of funds therein, determined by the terminal 16. The terminal 16 compares the fractionation of the payment with a current total that it can maintain. from the amount in the payment splitting device 28, and if the fractioning of the payment is less than the amount in the payment splitting device 28, then the terminal 16 does not direct the payment distribution machine 14 to distribute there a unit of payment 12. If the fractionation of the payment is greater than the amount remaining in the payment splitting device 28, then terminal 16 directs the payment distribution machine 14 to distribute there a sufficient payment unit 12 to allow the payment split to cover the payment 12. The payment unit 12 is placed in the payment splitting device 28 to obtain the payment of this, and the fractionation of the payment is paid as of said change. With reference to Figures 2, 3 and 8, the system 10 may additionally include a printer 32, adapted to be connected to the terminal 16 for the printing of messages and reports of the terminal system, wherein the messages and reports of the system comprise records of system transactions. The printer 32 may comprise a serial or parallel printer, which may be adapted to print a daily copy such that a carbon registry of the transactions may be maintained. As shown in Figures 1-4, the payment distribution machine 14 can include a box 34 that houses a payment distribution mechanism 36, for the positive distribution of the payment 12, and an interface board 38, which can include, for example, a card with integrated processor, such as, for example, an RS-232 protocol interface for the interconnection and handling of the serial communication between the network of the payment distribution machine-terminal 18 and the payment distribution machine 14, to which the distributor mechanism 36 is connected. The interface card 38 may include for example an 8051 processor integrated into a set of two cards with RAM, program memory and serial and other parallel input / output ports. The interface card 38 may include a central processing unit and a personality card. The personality card may include the necessary input / output circuit for the various serial ports and serial parallel processing ports, and may further include a controller for a pay lamp. As illustrated in Figure 3, the elements of the payment distribution machine 14, shown removed from the box 34, includes the payment distributor mechanism 36, the card 38, and may also include a converter 40 for converting, example the RS-485 protocol from the network of the payment indication device 26 in RS-232 protocol commands recognized by the payment distribution machine 14. The payment distribution machine 14 may also include a power supply 42, the which provides power to the payment distributor mechanism 36 and the interface card 38, and a connector 44, for example an RS-232 connector between the terminal 16 and the interface card 38. The payment distribution mechanism 36 may distribute for example up to ten notes at a time, and may contain up to a thousand notes, such as the JCM HBP10 model. As seen in Figures 3 and 5, the payment distribution machine 14 may additionally include a plurality of connectors to provide connections therein, including an energy connector 46 of the power supply 42, a connector 48 of example RS-485 to starting from a serial controller 50 which includes an integrated processor card, and a RS-232 example connector 44 between the terminal 16 and the interface card 38. With reference to Figure 9, the power supply 42 may be for example a Skynet SNP 9105-06 power supply, which provides twenty-four volts at plus or minus five volts for the components of the payment distribution machine 14. The payment distribution mechanism 36 can be adapted to additionally include at least one container 52, such as a cassette, to contain the payment 12 to be installed there, a mechanism 54 to safely store the payment 12, and a mechanism 56 for the positive distribution of the payment 1 2. The payment distribution machine 14 may alternatively include a plurality of containers 52 adapted to be installed there, each containing a different payment denomination, such as, for example, one, five, ten and twenty dollar bills. As seen in Figures 1-3, the terminal 16 which is the interface present with the system 10, may include a numeric keypad for user data entry, and an alphanumeric screen to provide visual mess, and which is connected to terminal 16 and adapted to allow terminal 16 to print mess thereon. It may comprise a point-of-sale terminal with a multi-button keypad and other function buttons, such as for example a Veriphone Omni 480. The terminal 16 may include elements adapted to allow data processing, and may comprise a computer. The payment-distribution machine-terminal network 18 may for example include data lines, wireless connections, or fiber optic connections. The data lines may comprise, for example, dedicated lines, Tl lines, or frame relay lines. The payment-distribution machine network terminal 18 may additionally include a plurality of elements 58 adapted to allow there the connection of the payment distribution machine 14, the terminal 16, and the payment indication device network 22, and to send and receiving data therethrough, which elements 58 may comprise a plurality of ports. The ports 58 can establish a connection to the network of the payment indication device 22 and each of the payment indication devices 20 connected thereto., to the payment distribution machine 14, and to terminal 16, whose network and devices can each comprise a node connected by port 58. Each payment indicating device 20 can constitute a node in the network of the payment indication device 22, to be addressed individually, and the terminal 16 may be another directed node to establish the manager interface in the system 10 to validate a payment 12 through the interface card 38 in the payment distribution machine 14. The card of interface 38 in the payment distribution machine 14 can include for example an RS-485 port to which the network 22 of the payment indication device RS-485 can be connected to an RS-232 port to which the local RS-232 terminal can be connected 16. The interface card 38 may additionally include a port for communication with the payment distributor mechanism 36, through the converter 40 from RS-232 to RS-485. The payment distribution machine 14 can include, for example, any type of port, can be controlled through any type of serial communication, and can alternatively be controlled through parallel communication where the payment distributor mechanism 36 can be adapted to communicate with communication in parallel. As further shown in Figure 1, in a system 10 adapted to include a central station and at least one local station, the system 10 includes a central station 60, for centrally controlling the distribution of a payment, at least one local station 62 , adapted to connect to the central station 60, and a network 64 for interconnecting the central station 60 and the local station 62. The system 10 may include a plurality of local stations 62. The station 60 includes a central terminal 66. The central terminal 66 may include elements adapted to allow data processing, and may comprise a computer. The central terminal 66 may comprise a multi-user computer, which may be adapted to store the database required for the operation of the system, including game machine registers, location registers, and cash outgoing transaction records. The central station 60 further includes a central controller 68 for controlling the transmissions to and from the central station 60 and the local station 62. The central controller 68 can be adapted to establish an interface with the central terminal 66 through an area network local, to coordinate and control the serial communication required for the operation of the system. The interface with the local network of the gaming machine can be established at the central station 62 for example through a dedicated data line. The dedicated data line can be an analog line such as a four-wire private line, which can pass serial data between the central controller 68 and the local network of the gaming machine in the local station 62. The central station network -local station 64 may include a central modem 70, for the transmission of signals to and reception of signals from the local station 62. The central station 60 may additionally include a connector 72, adapted to connect the central controller 68 to the terminal 66, whose connector 72 may comprise, for example, an Ethernet connector. The local stations 62 each include the elements in the single site as described above, including a local payment distribution machine 14, for the secure storage and distribution of the payment 12, a local terminal 16, for the control and distribution of the payment 12 on the site, adapted to connect with the payment distribution machine 14 and to establish an interface with a manager in connection with the payment 12, and a local network of payment distribution machine-terminal 18, for the interconnection of the distribution machine of local payment 14 and the local terminal 16. The local terminal 16 is adapted to establish a network interface of the payment indication device 22 through the interface card 38. The local station 62 additionally includes at least one payment device. payment indication 20, and may include a plurality thereof, and a network of the payment indication device 22, for the interconnection of each local payment indication device 20 with the local payment distribution machine 14 and the local terminal 16. The local station 62 may also include a local controller 74, for controlling transmissions to and from the local station 62 and the central station 62, whose local control ^ 4 includes a card with built-in processor. The local controller 74 may be housed within a cabinet of the controller 76 together with the interface card 28 in the local station 62, and may be adapted to receive data from the central controller 68. It may be adapted to allow the data to be converted to the protocol of RS-485 network of the gaming machine in the local station 62. In addition, the data can be transmitted from each payment indication device 20 to the local controller 74 and to the central terminal 66 through the network 64, which can comprise a dedicated data line such as a four-wire private telephone line or a dialing line which can be marked all the time, a data bank such as Tl, a frame relay, a fiber optic network, or a system wireless which for example can include encrypted data. The payment-distribution machine network-terminal 18 may include a local modem 78 for the transmission of signals to and the reception of signals from the central station 60. The payment-distribution machine-terminal network 18 may also include a connector 80. , to connect the local controller 74 to the local payment distributor machine 14 and the local terminal 16. A proprietary software protocol that communicates the network data of the payment indication device 22 to the local controller 74 and the controller 68 is preferably a polling response type network, with defined data packets and commands. Each payment indication device 20 can be probed individually. If there is any data pending from that node outside the network of the payment indication device 22, then it is sent back to the local controller 74. If it is a command that needs to be sent to the central terminal 66, then the local controller 74 can return to pack the data, and transmit it to the central terminal 66 through the network 64. The messages can be based on the type of message, as for example, a "collect" message may have a higher priority than a routine message of monitoring. . If there are no other pending events, a routine message with information on the status of the device can be sent. In order to obtain timely validation of a transaction, each machine in the network of the payment indicating device 28 should preferably be polled in a short period of time such as two seconds, so that the transaction data is not delayed and Validation of the transaction is not delayed with processing. The network of the payment indication device 22 is connected to the local modem 78 via the local controller 74. For example, the local controller 74 can take the data of the RS-485 from the network of the payment indication device 22 and can convert them, for example to the RS-232 serial data protocol for the local modem 78. The local modem 78 can then convert the RS-232 digital data of the local controller 74 to the analog signals to pass, for example, by a telephone line network 64. to the central station 60, where the central modem 70 can again convert the analog data to digital data and can send the digital data through the central controller 68, for example, by an RS-232 connection. The central controller 68 can then accumulate the data of the local station networks, and can translate them, for example, into an Ethernet connection for transmission to the central terminal 66.

In the operation of the system 10 of the invention, a substantial supply of payment units 12 sufficient to cover substantial payments 12 at a particular site may be stored in a container 52 and installed in the payment distribution machine 14. Each payment indication device 20 in the network of the payment indication device 22 may be assigned a single address, such as numbers one to thirty-five, and the local terminal 16 in the network of the payment-distribution machine terminal 18. it may also have assigned a single address, such as number thirty-six, which may constitute the nodes of the network. The local controller 74 can communicate continuously with the network of the payment indication device 22 and the network of the payment distribution machine-terminal 18, which comprises the local networks, and can transmit a poll to each node in sequence and can receive a response of each one at a time. If a payment indication device 20 or the local terminal 16 does not have "event" messages to transmit to the local controller 74, it can transmit "routine" messages containing status data. For example, if the payment indication devices 20 comprise game machines, said status data which may be transmitted in "routine" messages may include "game gate states", "state of the game energy", "status of memory error of the game ", and / or" state of game collection ". If an "event" occurs, the payment indication device 20 or the local terminal 16 may transmit a special message or a series of messages to the local controller 74 indicating the type of event that has occurred. For example, for gaming machines, "events" may include "player's box outs," "main prize," "game collection," and / or "player tracking." For local terminal 16, "events" may include "cashout / main prize transaction refund" and / or "game unlock commands". When the local controller receives these "events" message, it can translate the data and pass them through the terminal 66. When a payment 12 occurs for example in a gaming machine 20, as for a "cash out" and / or a "main prize", the payment message can be sent to the central terminal 66 via the local controller 74. For the payment 12 on the gaming machine 20 that does not extend a ticket but instead locks, a message can be sent additional "game lock" and repeated back to the local terminal 16 by means of the controller 74. The player can receive the payment 12 by notifying the attendant that the game machine 20 has been blocked in the payment state. In addition, the interface card 38 in the payment distribution machine 14 can detect the payment event message passing through the serial ports, and the personality card in the interface card 38 can activate a lamp in such a way that the manager can know that a payment event has occurred on an identified gaming machine 20, and can expect a player to request the payment 12. When notified of the payment, the manager can select the appropriate function at the local terminal 16, and you can enter the requested information, including the number of the gaming machine 20 in which the payment occurs 12. If the payment 12 occurs in a gaming machine 20 which provides a ticket, the player can be presented with the ticket to the manager, and the manager can enter the transaction number printed on the ticket in the local terminal 16. For both machines 20, with ticket and without ticket, the local terminal 16 can subsequently transmit the payment message to the central terminal 66 through the local controller 74 to validate the transaction. Once validation has occurred and payment of the transaction has been authorized by the central terminal 66, a message may be sent to the local terminal 16 to initiate the payment settlement 12 through the payment distribution machine 14 and the device Payment Fraction 28 can complete the transaction if necessary.

Once payment has been authorized by the central terminal 66, the local terminal 16 can process the data to calculate and determine the manner in which the payment will be made and the amount that will be paid. Since the payment distribution machine 14 can, for example, store a finite number of payment units of a single denomination and the transaction of "cash out / principal prize" can be any amount up to the maximum of "credit / principal prize". "allowed in the gaming machine, not all payments can be made by the payment distribution machine 14. The first inspection can be to see if the number of payment units in the payment distribution machine 14 is so low to cover the transaction, wherein a message may be displayed at the local terminal 16 indicating a "low distribution" state. When this occurs, the payment distribution machine 14 must be replenished, and the entire payment process must begin again. If it is determined that sufficient payment units remain to make the payments, calculations must be made of the number of payment units to be distributed. If the amount of the transaction is not equal to a number of units of the payment denomination in the payment distribution machine 14, a calculation must also be made of any of the payments, in units of payment, necessary to be distributed by the machine payment distributor 14 to provide funds to the payment splitting device 20. The fractioning of the payment in the payment splitting device 28 is used to adjust the difference between the amount of the transaction and the nearest unit to the payment denomination in the payment distribution machine 14. The payment splitting device 28 can also be readjusted to zero when the payment distribution machine is full, and can be maintained automatically by the payment distribution machine 14 for example according to the algorithm shown in the diagram flow in Figure 13. If the amount of the transaction is less than or equal to the amount in the payment splitting device 28, payment units of the payment distribution machine 14 are not distributed, and the accessory makes the payment of the payment splitting device 28. If the amount of the transaction is greater than the quantity in the payment device. fractionation of payments 28, the local terminal 16 can calculate the number of payments of payment units required to be distributed in the payment distribution machine 14. Such calculation can be generated for example taking the difference between the amount of the transaction and the amount of fractionation of the payment, using an integer division to divide the difference between the denomination of the payment in the distribution machine of payments 14, and adding one, to find the amount of fractionation in such a way as to ensure that the amount of fractionation it is always greater than or equal to zero, and less than the denomination of the payment units' in the payment distribution machine 14. After In order to receive the payment units of the payment distribution machine 14, the person in charge can make the payment of the amount of the transaction for example by combining the distributed payment units with the appropriate amount of the payment splitting device 28 and / or making change from the units distributed with the fractionation of the payment. For both types of transactions, the amount of the transaction can be added to the total sum of all transactions since the last supply of the payment distribution machine 14, and can be stored in memory or used in the calculation and decision making of the subsequent transaction. In a system mode 10 wherein the payment indication device 20 comprises game machines, a person can play with a machine, win the main prize of a game or decide to extract game credits, and press a collection button or a Cash out button on the machine. When you press the pick button or check out, the manager and the system will validate which button has been pressed. Then the transaction information may be sent over the network 64 to the central terminal 66 and stored in its database. The manager can then seek to validate or complete the transaction, and the local terminal 16 can communicate over the network 64 with the central terminal 66 to ensure that the pickup or checkout has actually occurred. If the transaction is not found in the terminal 66 database, then the payment is not processed. A message is displayed to the attendant at the local terminal 16 that the transaction was not found and that the payment can not be made. In a type of such gaming machine 20, a ticket of the transaction can be printed on the machine, with a transaction number and the amount to be printed by pick-up on the ticket. After the ticket can be provided from the player to a manager who will attend the settlement of the payment. In a system 10 which does not include a central terminal, the attendant can enter the ticket number in terminal 16, which can be adapted to control the distribution of the payment, and terminal 16 can verify the ticket of the transaction and generate the distribution of as much as the payment 12 of the payment distribution machine 14 covered by the denomination of the payment 12 in the payment distribution machine 14. The balance of the payment can be paid by the person in charge of the payment splitting device 28 including the exchange device of payment 30.

In another type of gaming machine 20, for example, the machine can block and display on a display screen in terminal 16 the amount of payment 12 to be paid, and inform the player to contact the manager to collect the payment 12. Then the manager can enter the number of the machine in which the player was playing when the payment 12 was made payable and after the validation of the terminal 16 the payment is made through the payment distribution machine 14 and / or the payment splitting device 28 and including the payment exchange device 30. In a system including a central terminal 66, the attendant may enter the ticket number in local terminal 16, which may transmit the ticket number to the central terminal 66. The central terminal 66 can then validate the ticket, and, after validation, the central terminal 66 can then indicate to the payment distribution machine 14 to distribute the appropriate payment. In the other type of gaming machine, the machine can be blocked and the amount to be paid can be displayed on a video screen, and informs the player to contact the manager to collect the payment. The manager can then enter in the local terminal 16 the number of the machine in which the player was playing when the payment became payable, the transaction can be verified as before through the local payment distributor machine 14. In a mode of system 10 which does not include a gaming machine, such as in a retail store, the distribution of a payment 12 of the payment distribution machine 14 is similarly controlled by verification through the local terminal 16 or a central terminal 66. In any such system 10, for example, the payment distribution machine 14 can distribute a payment denomination, and the payment splitting device 28 and. payment exchange device 30 may comprise a retail register which includes payment denominations smaller than the payment denomination in the payment distribution machine 14. System 10 maintains the payment splitting device 28, for example maintaining a current total in the local terminal 16 of the amount of the funds in the payment splitting device 28 since after a time it may remain in the smallest denominations. The local terminal 16 can perform calculations to determine the amount to be distributed from the payment distribution machine 14, and if it is an odd amount, it can determine the amount to be distributed from the payment splitting device 28, including the exchange device for payments 30. , and if there is sufficient in the payment splitting device 28, including the exchange device for payments 30, to consolidate the difference between the amount of the payment and the payable amount of the payment distribution machine 14. If there is not enough in the payment splitting device 28 including the payment exchange device 30 to cover the difference, the payment distributor 14, in response to the control of the local terminal 16, provides the number of units of the denomination in the payment distribution machine 14 to cover the difference to provide funds to the payment splitting device 28 including the exchange device for 30 payments for the payment. For example, if the game player earns a payment 12 in an odd amount, since the payment distribution machine 14 can only distribute one payment 12 in a single denomination, and can only distribute an even number of units of that single denomination, the terminal 16 performs a calculation and determines whether the fractionation, which is the amount between the units of the denomination of the payment-distributing machine in the payment-distributing machine 14, can be provided from the payment-splitting device 28, or if a unit or units of payment needs to be distributed from a payment distribution machine 14 to provide funds to the payment splitting device 28. For example, if the payment is $ 42.25 as in the previous example, and the denomination in the payment distribution machine 14 is twenty-dollar bills, the payment distribution machine 14 could distribute two twenty-dollar bills for payment, and the manager could pay the additional $ 2.25 of the payment splitting device 28. If the payment splitting device 28 does not have the $ 2.25, the payment distribution machine 14 could distribute an additional twenty dollar bill, and the twenty dollar bill could be split for example by the person in charge or automatically in smaller denominations, for example in machines of change in line or separated or other registries in detail, to adjust the amount of $ 2.25. If the transaction was for $ 40.00, and the payment distribution machine 14 was distributing twenty-dollar bills, two twenty-dollar bills could be distributed from the * distribution machine 14, and there would be no need to go to the payment splitting device. 28. As shown in Figures 11-12, at the beginning of a payment sequence, with a receiver in charge of receiving a payment, for example with a machine 20 which has no tickets and has been blocked in the debit state. of payment, when the machine 20 is blocked, the transaction information is sent by the example network RS-485 to the central terminal 66 at the central station 60. The manager enters the payment mode in the central terminal 66, with a request to enter the number of the machine 20, whereby the transaction is validated and a signal is sent to the payment distribution machine 14. The local payment distribution machine 14 then distributes a pa go In Figure 11, an impression 82 shows the steps in a transaction where there was a distribution of a payment from a local payment distribution machine. In this example transaction, there was a payment that included a cash outflow of $ 5.00 with distribution through the payment distribution machine 14, and apparently at the time there was insufficient money in the payment splitting device 28, so the machine distributor of payments 14 distributed $ 20.00, with which the change was made and the $ 5.00 was paid and the game was blocked. In step 84, "GAME BLOCKING", the game was blocked, and machine identification, ticket number, and payment amount were printed. In step 86"VALID CONNECTION", the transaction was validated, and a signal was sent to the payment distribution machine 14 to distribute a number of notes, in this case a note for $ 20.00. In step 86, "DISTRIBUTE BILLS", since in this case there was insufficient money in the payment splitting device 28 for the payment at that moment, of which the system has a record, the local payment distribution machine 14 distributed a $ 20.00 bill.

In step 90, "UNLOCKING GAME", the local terminal 16 sends a signal to the game 20 to unblock it from the payment state. In step 92 r "TICKET PAID", the ticket was paid, and the ticket number, the amount paid, and the amount left in the fractionation drawer, in this case $ 15.00, were printed on print 82. In the Figure 12, an imprint 94 shows the steps in a transaction where there was no distribution of a payment 12 from the local payout machine 14. In this example transaction, there was a payment comprising an outlay of $ 5.00, and since there was $ 15.00 available in the payment splitting device 28 at the time, no distribution of the payment distribution machine 14 was required, and the payment of $ 5.00 was taken from the payment splitting device 28, leaving in this one $ 10.00. In step 96, "GAME BLOCKING", the game was blocked, and machine identification, ticket number, and payment amount were printed. In step 98, "VALID CONNECTION", the transaction was validated. In step 100, "UNBLOCKING OF GAME", a signal was sent to game 20 to unblock it from the payment status. In step 102, "TICKET PAID", the printout shows that the ticket was paid, and shows the ticket number, the game number, the amount paid, and the amount left in the payment splitting device 28, which in the time would be $ 10.00. With reference to Figure 13, in the process of payment of the transaction, in step 104, the system 10 will determine if the transaction is valid, in step 106. If the transaction is determined to be invalid, in step 106 , the system 10 leaves the process of payment of the transaction in step 108. If, on the other hand, the transaction is determined to be valid, in step 106, the system will determine whether the amount of the transaction is less than the amount of the transaction. remaining payment in the payment distribution machine 14, in step 110. If the amount of the transaction is not less than the remaining payment in the payment distribution machine 14, the local terminal 16 will display a message of "LOW DISTRIBUTOR", in Step 112, and you will leave the transaction payment process, in step 108, to wait for more funds. In step 114, if the amount of the transaction is less than the remaining payment in the payment distribution machine 14, the system 10 will determine whether the amount of the transaction is greater than the fractionation amount in the payment splitting device. If the amount of the transaction is not greater than the fractionation amount in the payment splitting device 28, the fractionation money in the payment splitting device 28 can be used to pay the customer, in step 116, and system 10 can perform accounting functions, in step 118. If the amount of the transaction is greater than the amount of the fractionation in the payment splitting device 28, system 10 will calculate the number of units of payment 12 in the machine distribution distributor 14 to distribute, in step 120, will send an order to distribute the calculated number of payment units, in step 122, and will perform functions of Accounting, in step 118. The present invention provides improved systems and methods to enable secure storage and control of the distribution of a payment. In accordance with the present invention the improved systems and methods include a system 10 to allow storage and secure control of the distribution of a payment. The system 10 constitutes an automated payment system adapted to connect a plurality of payment indicating devices 20 such as gaming machines in a remote location to a central terminal 66 such as a multi-user computer, to allow payments to be made for winners and / or cashouts announced on the gaming machines. The system 10 includes a payment distribution machine 14, which allows a payment manager on the site to efficiently make the appropriate payment from the supply of the payment denomination safely stored in the payment distribution machine 14 and automatically distribute from the payment distribution machine 14, under the control of a terminal 16 which verifies the transactions in a network system 10 on the site. The local terminal 16 on the site is adapted to be controlled by a central terminal 66 at the central station 60 for the verification of transactions in the local-central network system 10. The system 10 performs the payment determinations based on the amount of the transaction, and verifies effectively the amount of the transaction and decides whether a payment 12 can be distributed from the payment distribution machine 14, and / or whether the payment can be paid from the payment splitting device 28 which can obtain funds from the payment distribution machine 14. In the present invention, the system 10 is adapted to be installed safely and conveniently in locations where previously it was not available, due to the security risk in the large amounts of payments that were necessary to have on hand, for example in localities such as convenience stores, grocery stores, or taverns where it would not be desirable to have large amounts of money. in unsafe containers. In accordance with the invention, in a route type system with unbundled locations where the distribution machines are remotely located one from the other, the system 10 allows the convenient and efficient provisioning of payments for secure storage and its automatic verified distribution. In the present invention, in locations where the payment indicating devices comprise gaming machines which may include note acceptors and coin hoppers, the system 10 allows automatic payment from the secure supply in the payment distribution machine. while substantially eliminating the need for inconvenient replenishment of the coin hoppers, and allowing payments to be made from a central fund to avoid the rapid waste of the supply of coins in the coin hoppers in the gaming machines. According to the invention, the payment distribution machine 14 comprises a secure container of insured type, instead of a cash drawer which can be easily opened with a lever or accessed easily by a criminal, providing a secure storage of the cash. Provision of payment. The person in charge at the site may not be provided with a key for the payment distribution machine 14, whereby the person in charge may not be able to obtain access to the supply of payment in it if a criminal or the manager wishes to obtain said access. It will be appreciated from the foregoing that, while particular forms of the invention have been illustrated and described, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not intended to be limited, except by the appended claims. It is noted that in relation to this date, the best method known to the applicant to carry out the aforementioned invention, is that which is clear from the present description of the invention.

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1. CLAIMS Having described the invention as above, the content of the following claims is claimed as property. A system for the secure storage and control of the distribution of a payment, characterized in that it comprises: a payment distribution machine, for the secure storage and distribution of a payment; a terminal, for the control of the distribution of the payment, adapted to connect to the payment distribution machine and to establish an interface with a manager in connection with the payment; and a network for the interconnection of the payment distribution machine and the terminal. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that it additionally comprises a device for the indication of a payment that can be paid in response to the data entry of a person to whom the payment can be paid, connected to the payment distribution machine. and to the terminal, and a network for the interconnection of the payment indication device with the payment distribution machine and the terminal. The system according to claim 2, characterized in that the payment indicating device comprises a game device for the indication of a payment that can be paid in response to a game won by a person playing a game on the device of game. 4. The system in accordance with the claim 2, characterized in that it additionally comprises a plurality of payment indication devices in a single site. The system according to claim 2, characterized in that the payment indicating device provides a transaction ticket for payment. The system according to claim 2, characterized in that the payment indicating device blocks and directs the person to the terminal for payment. 7. The system in accordance with the claim 2, characterized in that the payment indicating device includes means for allowing the connection of the payment indicating device network with it. The system according to claim 7, characterized in that the means allowing the connection comprise a node. The system according to claim 2, characterized in that it additionally comprises means for establishing an interface of the payment distribution machine with the terminal and with the network of the payment indication device. The system according to claim 9, characterized in that the interface means of the payment distribution machine is adapted to be mounted on the payment distribution machine. The system according to claim 9, characterized in that the interface means of the payment distribution machine comprises an interface card. 12. The system in accordance with the claim 2, characterized in that it additionally comprises means for establishing an interface of the payment indicating device with the network of the terminal-payment distribution machine. 13. The system in accordance with the claim 12, characterized in that the interface means of the payment indicating device comprises an interface card. 14. The system according to claim 2, characterized in that the network of the terminal payment-distribution machine additionally includes means to allow the connection with the payment distribution machine, the terminal, and the network of the indication device of the terminal. payment, adapted to send and receive data through it. 15. The system according to claim 14, characterized in that the means allowing the connection is a port. 16. The system according to claim 15, characterized in that it additionally comprises means for allowing the port to connect to it to send and receive data. 17. The system in accordance with the claim 16, characterized in that the means allowing connection of the port comprises a plurality of nodes. 18. The system in accordance with the claim 17, characterized in that the plurality of nodes comprise the network of the payment indicating device, the payment indicating device, the payment distribution machine, and the terminal. 19. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the payment distribution machine is adapted to store and distribute a payment in a denomination of payment distribution machine, characterized in that it additionally comprises a device to allow the distribution of a fractionation of the payment in a denomination of fractionation smaller than the denomination of machine distributor of payments. 20. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that it additionally comprises a device for allowing the distribution of a payment denomination smaller than the denomination of fractionation of the payment. The system according to claims 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that it additionally comprises a printer for printing a record of a system transaction. 22. The system according to claims 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the terminal includes means for data processing. 23. The system according to claims 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that it additionally comprises means for containing the payment, adapted to be installed in the payment distribution machine. 24. The system according to claim 23, characterized in that the payment distribution machine includes a plurality of the container means, each adapted to contain one of a plurality of payment denominations. 25. The system according to claims 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the payment distribution machine includes a box for the secure storage of the payment. 26. The system according to claims 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the payment distribution machine includes means for the positive distribution of the payment. 27. The system according to claims 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the payment distribution machine is adapted to store and distribute a plurality of payment denominations. 28. The system according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the network of the terminal-payment distribution machine includes data lines, fiber optic connection and / or wireless connection. 29. The system according to claim 28, characterized in that the data line comprises a dedicated line. 30. The system according to claim 28, characterized in that the data line comprises a line Tl and / or a frame relay line. 31. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the payment comprises money in paper, a voucher and / or a coupon. 32. A system for secure storage and control of the distribution of a payment, characterized in that it comprises: a central station, for the centralized control of the distribution of a payment, including a central terminal; a local station, adapted to connect to the central station, including a payment distribution machine, for the safe storage and distribution of the payment, and a local terminal, for the control of the payment distribution, adapted to connect with the machine payment distributor and to establish an interface with a manager in connection with the payment; and a network, for the interconnection of the central station and the local station, adapted to interconnect the payment distribution machine, the local terminal, and the central terminal. 33. The system in accordance with the claim 32, characterized in that the local station additionally comprises a device for indicating a payment that can be paid in response to the data entry of a person to whom the payment can be paid, connected to the payment distribution machine and the local terminal, and a network for the interconnection of the payment indication device with the payment distribution machine and the terminal. 34. The system in accordance with the claim 33, characterized in that the payment indicating device comprises a game device for indicating a payment that can be paid in response to the game won by a person who is playing a game on the game device. 35. The system according to claim 33, characterized in that it additionally comprises a plurality of payment indication devices in a single site. 36. The system according to claim 33, characterized in that it additionally comprises a plurality of payment indicating devices in the locality of each of the plurality of local stations. 37. The system according to claim 33, characterized in that the payment indicating device is adapted to provide a ticket of the transaction for payment. 38. The system according to claim 33, characterized in that the payment indicating device blocks and directs the person to the local terminal for payment. 39. The system according to claim 33, characterized in that the payment indicating device includes means for allowing the network of the payment indicating device to be connected to it. 40. The system according to claim 39, characterized in that the means allowing the connection comprises a node. 41. The system according to claim 33, characterized in that it additionally comprises means for establishing an interface of the payment distribution machine to the terminal and to the network of the payment indicating device. 42. The system according to claim 41, characterized in that the means for establishing the interface with the payment distribution machine is adapted to be mounted on the payment distribution machine. 43. The system according to claim 33, characterized in that it additionally comprises a means for establishing an interface of the payment indicating device with the network of the terminal-payment distribution machine. 44. The system according to claim 43, characterized in that the interface means of the payment distribution machine comprises an interface card. 45. The system according to claim 33, characterized in that the network of the terminal payment distribution machine additionally includes means to allow the connection to the payment distribution machine, the terminal, and the network of the indication device of the terminal. payment, adapted to send and receive data through them. 46. The system according to claim 45, characterized in that the interface means of the payment indicating device comprises an interface card. 47. The system according to claim 45, characterized in that the means allowing the connection comprises a port. 48. The system in accordance with the claim 47, characterized in that it additionally comprises means for allowing the port to connect to it for sending and receiving data. 49. The system according to claim 48, characterized in that the means allowing connection of the port comprises a plurality of nodes. 50. The system according to claim 49, characterized in that the plurality of nodes comprises the network of the payment indicating device, the payment indicating device, the payment distribution machine, and the terminal. 51. The system according to claim 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the payment distribution machine is adapted to store and distribute a payment in a denomination of payment distribution machine, and the local station additionally comprises a device that allows the distribution of a fractionation of the payment into a denomination of fractionation of payment smaller than the denomination of the distribution machine of payments. 52. The system according to claim 51, characterized in that the local station additionally comprises a device for allowing the distribution of a payment denomination smaller than the denomination of fractionation of the payment. 53. The system according to claim 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the local station additionally comprises a printer for printing the record of a system transaction. 54. The system according to claim 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the central station additionally comprises a controller for controlling the transmissions to and from the central station and the local station. 55. The system in accordance with the claim 54, characterized in that the network includes means for connecting the central controller to the central terminal, which comprises an ethernet connection. 56. The system according to claims 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the central terminal includes means for data processing. 57. The system according to claims 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the local station additionally includes a controller for controlling the transmissions to and from the local station and the central station. 58. The system according to claim 57, characterized in that the network additionally includes means for connecting the local controller to the payment distribution machine and the local terminal. 59. The system according to claim 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that it additionally comprises a plurality of local stations. 60. The system according to claims 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that it additionally comprises means for containing the payment, adapted to be installed in the payment distribution machine. 61. The system according to claim 60, characterized in that the payment distribution machine includes a plurality of container means, each adapted to contain one of a plurality of payment denominations. 62. The system according to claims 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the payment distribution machine includes a box for securely storing the payment. 63. The system according to claims 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the payment distribution machine includes means for the positive distribution of the payment. 64. The system according to claims 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the payment distribution machine is adapted to store and distribute a plurality of payment denominations. 65. The system according to claims 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the local terminal includes means for data processing. 66. The system according to claim 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the network of the central station-local station includes a central modem, for the transmission of signals and for the reception of signals from the local station. 67. The system according to claims 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the network of the terminal payment distribution machine includes a local modem, for transmitting signals to and receiving signals from the central station. 68. The system according to claim 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the network of the terminal-payment distribution machine includes a data line. 69. The system according to claim 68, characterized in that the data line comprises a dedicated line. 70. The system in accordance with the claim 68, characterized in that the data line comprises a line Tl and / or a frame. 71. The system according to claim 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the network of the terminal-payment distribution machine includes wireless connections. 72. The system according to claims 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the network of the terminal payment distribution machine includes fiber optic connections. 73. The system according to claims 32, 33 or 34, characterized in that the payment comprises money in paper, a voucher and / or a coupon. 74. A method for securely storing and controlling the distribution of a payment, in a system characterized in that it comprises a payment distribution machine, for the secure storage and distribution of a payment, a terminal, to control the distribution of the payment. payment, adapted to connect to the payment distribution machine and to establish an interface with a manager in connection with the payment, and a network for the interconnection of the payment distribution machine and the terminal, where the method comprises: system; and the secure storage of the payment in the payment distribution machine. 75. The method according to claim 74, characterized in that it additionally comprises the control of the payment distribution of the terminal, and the payment distribution of the payment distribution machine. 76. The method according to claim 74, characterized in that it additionally comprises a device for the indication of a payment that can be paid in response to the data entry of a person to whom the payment is settled, connected to the payment distribution machine. and to the terminal, and a network for the interconnection of the payment indicating device with the payment distribution machine and the terminal, which additionally comprises the generation of the data entry of the payment payable to a person in the payment indication device. 77. The method according to claim 74, characterized in that the payment distribution machine is adapted to store and distribute a payment in a denomination of a payment distribution machine, which additionally comprises a device to allow the distribution of the fractionation of a payment in a payment fractionation denomination smaller than the denomination of the payment distribution machine, and wherein the storage additionally comprises the storage of a payment of a particular denomination in the payment distribution machine, and the storage of a denomination smaller than the denomination particular in the payment splitting device, which additionally comprises the payment of a particular denomination of the payment distribution machine, and the distribution of the denomination er.or that the particular denomination of the payment splitting device. 78. The method according to the claim 74, characterized in that it additionally comprises a printer for printing a record of a system transaction, which additionally comprises printing a record of a system transaction in the printer. 79. The method according to claim 74, characterized in that the terminal includes means for data processing, additionally comprises control and payment distribution of the data processing means. 80. The method according to claim 74, characterized in that it additionally comprises means for containing the payment, adapted to be installed in the payment distribution machine, additionally comprises containing the payment in the means container of payments, and wherein the storage additionally comprises the storage of the means container of payments in the machine that distributes payments. 81. The method according to claim 74, characterized in that the payment distribution machine includes a box for securely storing the payment, and wherein the storage comprises storing the payment in the cashier's box. 82. The method according to claim 74, characterized in that the payment distribution machine includes means for the positive distribution of the payment, additionally comprises the positive distribution of the payment. 83. The method according to claim 74, characterized in that the payment distribution machine is adapted to store and distribute a plurality of payment denominations, and wherein the storage additionally comprises storing a plurality of payment denominations, additionally comprising the distribution of a plurality of denominations. 84. A method of secure storage and control of the distribution of a payment, in a system which comprises a central station, to centrally control the distribution of a payment, including a central terminal, a local station, adapted to connect to the central station, including a payment distribution machine, for the secure storage and distribution of the payment, and a local terminal, for the control and distribution of the payment, adapted to connect to the payment distribution machine and to establish an interface with a charged in connection with the payment, and a network for the interconnection of the central station and the local station, adapted to interconnect the payment distribution machine, the local terminal, and the central terminal, characterized in that the method comprises: the starting of the system; and the secure storage of the payment in the payment distribution machine in the local station. 85. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that it additionally comprises the control of the payment distribution of the terminal at the local station, and the payment distribution of the terminal at the local station. 86. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that the local station additionally comprises a device for the indication of a payment payable in response to the data entry of a person to whom the payment is payable, connected to the payment distribution machine. and the local terminal, and a network for the interconnection of the payment indicating device with the payment distribution machine and the terminal, further comprising the generation of the payment receiver's income in the payment indication device at the local station. 87. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that the payment distribution machine is adapted to store and distribute a payment in a payment machine denomination, and the local station additionally comprises a device to allow distribution of the fractionation of a payment machine. payment in a fractionation denomination of a payment lower than the denomination of the payment distribution machine, and wherein the storage additionally comprises storing a payment of a particular denomination in the payment distribution machine in the local station, and the storage of a denomination smaller than the particular denomination in the device for splitting the payment in the local station, additionally comprises the distribution of the payment of a particular denomination of the payment distribution machine in the local station, and the distribution of the denomination smaller than the particular denomination of the payment splitting device in the local station. 88. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that the local station additionally comprises a printer for printing a record of a system transaction, additionally comprising printing a record of a system transaction in the printer at the station. local. 89. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that the central station additionally comprises a controller for controlling the transmissions to and from the central station and the local station, additionally comprising the control of transmissions to and from the central terminal and the local station from the controller of the central station. 90. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that the central terminal includes means for data processing, additionally comprises the control and distribution of the payment from the data processing means of the central station.91. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that the local station additionally includes a controller for controlling the transmissions to and from the local station and the central station, additionally comprising the control of transmissions to and from the local terminal and the central station from the controller from the local station. 92. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that it additionally comprises a plurality of local stations, further comprising the distribution of payments in the plurality of local stations. 93. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that it additionally comprises means for containing the payment, adapted to be installed in the payment distribution machine, additionally comprises containing the denomination of payments in the container means, and wherein the storage additionally comprises the storage of media containers in the payment distribution machine. 94. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that the payment distribution machine includes a box for the secure storage of the payment, and wherein the storage comprises storing the payment in the cashier of the payment-distributing machine in the station. local. 95. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that the payment distribution machine includes means for the positive distribution of the payment, additionally comprises the distribution in positive form of the payment in the local station. 96. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that the payment distribution machine is adapted to store and distribute a plurality of payment denominations, and wherein the storage additionally comprises storing a plurality of payment denominations in the local station, additionally it comprises the distribution of a plurality of denominations in the local station. 97. The method according to claim 84, characterized in that the local terminal includes means for data processing, additionally comprises controlling the distribution of the payment from the data processing means of the local station.