Image-enabled item processing for point of presentment application
First Claim
1. An image-enabled, financial transaction processing system for use at a point of presentment, comprising:
- an input receptive of an image of a physical item at least partially embodying a financial transaction, wherein the image contains a visual record of an amount of monetary value;
an image recognition module adapted to extract the amount of monetary value recorded in the image and recognize the amount using character recognition;
a validation module adapted to determine whether the transaction is valid based on a validation characteristic of an item;
a balancing module adapted to determine whether the transaction is balanced based on the amount of monetary value; and
an output adapted to transmit information indicating whether the transaction is at least one of balanced and valid.
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Abstract
A financial transaction processing system for use at a point of presentment includes an input receptive of an image of a physical item at least partially embodying a financial transaction, wherein the image contains a visual record of an amount of monetary value. An image recognition module is adapted to extract the amount of monetary value recorded in the image and recognize the amount using character recognition. A validation module is adapted to determine whether the transaction is valid based on a validation characteristic of an item. A balancing module is adapted to determine whether the transaction is balanced based on the amount of monetary value. An output is adapted to transmit information indicating whether the transaction is at least one of balanced and valid.
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28 Claims
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1. An image-enabled, financial transaction processing system for use at a point of presentment, comprising:
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an input receptive of an image of a physical item at least partially embodying a financial transaction, wherein the image contains a visual record of an amount of monetary value;
an image recognition module adapted to extract the amount of monetary value recorded in the image and recognize the amount using character recognition;
a validation module adapted to determine whether the transaction is valid based on a validation characteristic of an item;
a balancing module adapted to determine whether the transaction is balanced based on the amount of monetary value; and
an output adapted to transmit information indicating whether the transaction is at least one of balanced and valid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An image-enabled item processing method for use in performing a financial transaction at a point of presentment, comprising:
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initiating communication with a party to a transaction at a point of presentment of physical items embodying the transaction, wherein at least one physical item has an amount of monetary value visually recorded thereon;
reading item images into computer memory by generating an image record of each of the physical items and storing the image records in computer memory;
validating the transaction by comparing a validation characteristic of at least one item to a validation characteristic stored in computer memory;
recognizing at least one amount of monetary value recorded on the items by extracting amounts from the item images and recognizing extracted amounts;
balancing the transaction based on at least one recognized amount before terminating communication with the customer at the point of presentment; and
posting the transaction, including transmitting the item images to a central location having a relational database storing records of transactions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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