Systems and methods for remote deposit of checks
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1. A system comprising:
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a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to;
establish a secure connection over a communication network with a remote user device;
receive an image of a check captured by an image capture device coupled to the remote user device over the secure connection, wherein the image of the check is in a first data format;
perform optical character recognition on the image of the check to determine information about the check, including optical character recognition of a Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) line in the image of the check, wherein the determined information includes MICR line information;
generate a supplemental image of the check in a second data format from the image of the check in the first data format, wherein an image quality of the check in the first data format is higher than an image quality of the check in the second data format and the second data format is a bi-tonal format;
store both the image of the check and the supplemental image of the check in a log file;
store the information about the check in the log file;
access the log file; and
deposit the check into a customer account based, at least in part, on the image of the check, the supplemental image of the check, and the information accessed from the log file.
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Abstract
Remote deposit of checks can be facilitated by a financial institution. A customer'"'"'s general purpose computer and image capture device may be leveraged to capture an image of a check and deliver the image to financial institution electronics. Additional data for the transaction may be collected as necessary. The transaction can be automatically accomplished utilizing the images and data thus acquired.
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1. A system comprising:
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a memory; and a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to; establish a secure connection over a communication network with a remote user device; receive an image of a check captured by an image capture device coupled to the remote user device over the secure connection, wherein the image of the check is in a first data format; perform optical character recognition on the image of the check to determine information about the check, including optical character recognition of a Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) line in the image of the check, wherein the determined information includes MICR line information; generate a supplemental image of the check in a second data format from the image of the check in the first data format, wherein an image quality of the check in the first data format is higher than an image quality of the check in the second data format and the second data format is a bi-tonal format; store both the image of the check and the supplemental image of the check in a log file; store the information about the check in the log file; access the log file; and deposit the check into a customer account based, at least in part, on the image of the check, the supplemental image of the check, and the information accessed from the log file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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6. A method comprising:
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establishing a secure connection over a communication network with a remote user device; receiving an image of a check captured by an image capture device coupled to the remote user device over the secure connection, wherein the image of the check is in a first data format; performing optical character recognition on the image of the check to determine information about the check, including optical character recognition of a Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) line in the image of the check, wherein the determined information includes MICR line information; generating a supplemental image of the check in a second data format from the image of the check in the first data format, wherein an image quality of the check in the first data format is higher than an image quality of the check in the second data format and the second data format is a bi-tonal format; storing both the image of the check and the supplemental image of the check in a log file; storing the information about the negotiable instrument in the log file; accessing the log file; and depositing the check into a customer account based, at least in part, on the image of the check, the supplemental image of the check, and the information accessed from the log file. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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