Archival document image processing and printing system
First Claim
1. A system for original document image capture and storage in digital document image form, said system comprising:
- (a) document processor means for capturing an electronic image of an original document and converting it to optical digital image data;
(b) storage/retrieval means for reception of, and temporary storage of, said digital image data;
(c) archival subsystem means for transferring said digital image data from said storage/retrieval means to a long-term archival storage means, said archival subsystem means including;
(c1) means to retrieve on a daily cycle, selected elements of said digital image data to eventually cover a specified period of time, such as an N-day cycle of business days, where N might be set for a monthly period of 20-25 days, said selected elements including data representing (i) date of capture of original document;
(ii) customer account number;
(iii) sequential document number (iv) numeric financial quantity involved in each document selected;
(c2) means to transfer and store a one-day-portion of said selected elements of said digital image data into a printing subsystem means;
(c3) temporary storage means for holding 2 N days worth of data on said selected elements;
(c4) means for retrieving, from said temporary storage means, 1 N days worth of data, for use of said printing subsystem means;
(d) said printing subsystem means for sorting on a daily basis, by specified indicia, said selected elements of said digital image data and enabling a printing means to print for each account number, an itemized statement of financial document transactions covering the period of a given N-day cycle.
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Abstract
A document processing, archival storage and printout system such as for handling customer checking accounts. Original checks/documents are processed into digital image data then stored temporarily in magnetic media and transferred to optical long-term archival storage. The system retrieves and accumulates monthly groups of digital image data, then sorts one-day'"'"'s worth (1/22 of 22 business-day accumulation) by account number so that printing means can print statements, each day, covering 1/22 of the total accounts existing for that month. Massive amounts of data can be accumulated and stored, for example, for 500,000 to 1,000,000 customer accounts, while the system operates to rapidly retrieve and printout sufficient customer statements each day so that each of the many customers will still receive a personal monthly updated statement during the appropriate month.
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11 Claims
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1. A system for original document image capture and storage in digital document image form, said system comprising:
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(a) document processor means for capturing an electronic image of an original document and converting it to optical digital image data; (b) storage/retrieval means for reception of, and temporary storage of, said digital image data; (c) archival subsystem means for transferring said digital image data from said storage/retrieval means to a long-term archival storage means, said archival subsystem means including; (c1) means to retrieve on a daily cycle, selected elements of said digital image data to eventually cover a specified period of time, such as an N-day cycle of business days, where N might be set for a monthly period of 20-25 days, said selected elements including data representing (i) date of capture of original document;
(ii) customer account number;
(iii) sequential document number (iv) numeric financial quantity involved in each document selected;(c2) means to transfer and store a one-day-portion of said selected elements of said digital image data into a printing subsystem means; (c3) temporary storage means for holding 2 N days worth of data on said selected elements; (c4) means for retrieving, from said temporary storage means, 1 N days worth of data, for use of said printing subsystem means; (d) said printing subsystem means for sorting on a daily basis, by specified indicia, said selected elements of said digital image data and enabling a printing means to print for each account number, an itemized statement of financial document transactions covering the period of a given N-day cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for storage and retrieval of document image data from optical media for sorting the printout of monthly checking account statements, comprising the steps of:
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(a) processing financial check documents to convert document information into digital image information; (b) storing said digital image information on optical platters in a jukebox unit; (c) creating, via an image data storage disk, an "initial index file" for deposit into an archive server means having fields of data representing; (i) date of capture of checking document; (ii) customer account number; (iii) check number; (iv) amount of check; (d) merging, in said archive server means, two additional information fields to the said initial index file so that each of said check numbers is associated with a; (i) platter number in said jukebox unit; (ii) a record number on the identified platter;
thus to form a Master Print Index File in said archive server means;(e) accumulating data into said Master Print Index File in said archive server means, such that all check documents received in optical digital storage during a 30-day monthly period will include the said four fields of the "initial index file" plus the added platter and record number data; (f) copying said Master Print Index File to a print server means and transferring said 30-day accumulation of Master Print Index File data into said print server means and its magnetic buffer print disk; (g) sorting, via print server software, said Master Print Index File to sequentially arrange said Master Print Index File according to the customer account number ascending from lower account numbers to higher account numbers; (h) transferring the image data retrieved from the optical platter jukebox unit to said print server magnetic buffer print disk according to said sorted Master Print Index File; (i) accessing, via software, said print server means and print disk by means of software to deliver co-related, digital image data to a printer means; (j) printing out, during each working day of the month, a number "N" of checking account statements where N is equal to 1/22 of the total number of customer accounts.
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