Check image access system
First Claim
1. A method of recording and perusing financial transaction information comprising the steps of:
- providing an index generating software program to a financial institution for use on a first computer, the index generating software program being operable to generate a downloadable customer-specific index and archive of images of multiple cleared paper checks; and
providing a customer of the financial institution with complementary software for use on a second computer, the complementary software being operable to remotely download the downloadable customer-specific index and archive of images of multiple cleared paper checks, wherein the archive contains images of the cleared paper checks, and to display the images of the cleared paper checks.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of processing financial transaction information are provided. In one embodiment, a financial institution runs an index generating software program to generate a downloadable index of images of cleared checks. The account customer uses complementary software to remotely download, search, and display the index of cleared check images, together with the images themselves. In another embodiment, the financial institution periodically runs a software program to generate digital archives of the cleared check images for the account customer. The account customer is provided with secure online access to the digital archives. The account customer may use standard financial bookkeeping software to download and display the cleared check images and associate the cleared check images with transactions in the associated account registers.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of recording and perusing financial transaction information comprising the steps of:
- providing an index generating software program to a financial institution for use on a first computer, the index generating software program being operable to generate a downloadable customer-specific index and archive of images of multiple cleared paper checks; and
providing a customer of the financial institution with complementary software for use on a second computer, the complementary software being operable to remotely download the downloadable customer-specific index and archive of images of multiple cleared paper checks, wherein the archive contains images of the cleared paper checks, and to display the images of the cleared paper checks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- providing an index generating software program to a financial institution for use on a first computer, the index generating software program being operable to generate a downloadable customer-specific index and archive of images of multiple cleared paper checks; and
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6. A method of recording and perusing financial transaction information comprising the steps of:
- providing a checking account customer of a financial institution with access over a network to images of paper checks that have cleared the customer'"'"'s checking account;
providing the checking account customer with a financial transaction bookkeeping software program for use on a computer, the financial transaction bookkeeping software program being operable to;
set up a checking account ledger for recording the customer'"'"'s checking account transactions;
download and store copies of the cleared paper check images; and
provide the customer with access to the stored copies of the cleared paper check images through the checking account ledger. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- providing a checking account customer of a financial institution with access over a network to images of paper checks that have cleared the customer'"'"'s checking account;
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15. A financial transaction indexing system comprising:
- index generating software residing on a remote computer serving a financial institution, the index generating software being operable to generate a customer-specific index and a customer-specific archive of images of multiple cleared paper checks maintained for the financial institution; and
an index downloading software module residing on a personal computer serving a customer of the financial institution, the software module being operable to remotely access and download the customer-specific index together with the customer-specific archive of multiple cleared paper check images to the customer'"'"'s personal computer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- index generating software residing on a remote computer serving a financial institution, the index generating software being operable to generate a customer-specific index and a customer-specific archive of images of multiple cleared paper checks maintained for the financial institution; and
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21. A method of preparing and transmitting financial transaction information from a financial institution to an account customer of the financial institution, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing the financial institution with a software program to run on a computer serving the financial institution;
providing the software program with access to digital images of cleared paper checks drawn from the customer'"'"'s account;
using the software program to periodically generate customer-specific digital archives of the cleared paper check images for the account customer, each archive containing the images of multiple cleared paper checks;
providing the account customer with secure online access to the customer-specific digital archives; and
enabling the account customer to download and store the digital archives of cleared paper check images. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- providing the financial institution with a software program to run on a computer serving the financial institution;
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31. A method for a financial institution to deliver an electronic financial statement to a customer including financial check and transaction images and a searchable index, comprising the steps of:
- creating a customer-specific archive of images of a plurality of a financial account customer'"'"'s paper checks and transactions that have cleared the customer'"'"'s financial account;
creating a customer-specific search index of preselected check information that is linked to the corresponding images of a financial account customer'"'"'s paper checks and transactions; and
downloading the customer-specific archive of images and customer-specific search index from the financial institution into a computer software application on the customer'"'"'s computer system that allows the customer to search the preselected fields and view any of the corresponding paper check images. - View Dependent Claims (32)
- creating a customer-specific archive of images of a plurality of a financial account customer'"'"'s paper checks and transactions that have cleared the customer'"'"'s financial account;
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