ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,342, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Coinstar Assett Holdings LLC (Bellevue, Wash.) and TabaPay Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Kiosk-based systems and methods for direct deposit of coin and/or other cash value" was invented by Stephen M. Adams (Maple Valley, Wash.) and Rodney A. Robinson (Los Altos Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of systems and methods for direct depositing funds (e.g., consumer coin value, paper cash value, etc.) into an account at a bank or other financial institution are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein enable a consumer to pour a b...