Common Image Format File Image Extraction

• US 20080304769A1
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Hollander, Ronald, Carozza, Nick, Shepard, Tami
• Granted Patent: US 7,885,452 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/305
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/042 characterized in that the payment protocol involves at least one cheque

Abstract

A utility is presented that may be used to extract check images and/or other information directly from a Common Import Format File (CIFF) file for presentation to a user. The utility may be used in addition to, and indeed in spite of, an existing check management database system that stores information from an original CIFF file in an alternate form.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a Common Import Format File (CIFF) file;

extracting a first image from the CIFF file; and

saving the first image in a first image file separate from the CIFF file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image file is a Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) file.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting a second image from the CIFF file; and

saving the second image in the first image file.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first image file is a multi-page Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) file, and wherein the first image is stored as a first page and the second image is stored as a second page of the TIFF file.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user input specifying the CIFF file, specifying the first image and a second image, and specifying whether the first and second images should be saved together or separately;

extracting the second image from the CIFF file; and

choosing between either saving the second image in a second image file separate from the first image file and the CIFF file or saving the second image in the first image file, depending upon the user input.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user input specifying the CIFF file and a starting point within the CIFF file, wherein the first image is stored within the CIFF file at the starting point of the named CIFF file.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a user input specifying the CIFF file, specifying the first image and a second image, and specifying whether the first and second images should be saved together or separately;

extracting the second image from the CIFF file; and

choosing between either saving the second image in a second image file separate from the first image file and the CIFF file or saving the second image in the first image file, depending upon the user input.

7. A method, comprising:

receiving a plurality of files each containing a plurality of check images and check data;

storing the plurality of files;

converting the plurality of files to a set of data in a database;

extracting a first check image of the plurality of check images from a first stored file of the plurality of the stored files; and

storing the first check image in a first image file separate from the first stored file.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying the first image file.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

finding the first check image in the database; and

displaying the first check image taken from the database.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein each of the check images is a Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) file.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

extracting a second one of the check images from the first one of the stored files; and

storing the second check image in the first image file.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first image file is a multi-page Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) file.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving user input specifying between a first mode and a second mode;

extracting a second one of the check images from the first one of the stored files; and

choosing between either storing the second check image in the first image file or storing the second check image in a second image file separate from the first image file, depending upon which of the first and second modes is specified by the user input.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the database is a database of a Carreker Check Image Management System (CIMS).

15. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

selecting a network address of a first computer from a plurality network addresses of a plurality of computers; and

sending the first image file to the network address of the first computer.

16. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, the instructions when executed by a computer causing a method to be performed, the method comprising:

receiving a Common Import Format File (CIFF) file;

extracting a first image from the CIFF file; and

saving the first image in a first image file separate from the CIFF file.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

extracting a second image from the CIFF file; and

saving the second image in the first image file.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first image file is a multi-page Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) file, and wherein the first image is stored as a first page and the second image is stored as a second page of the TIFF file.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises receiving user input specifying the CIFF file and a starting point within the CIFF file, wherein the first image is stored within the CIFF file at the starting point of the named CIFF file.