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Financial document processing system

  • US 7,873,576 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2003
  • Issued: 01/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of accepting deposits of currency bills into a document processing device for crediting to a specified account, comprising:

  • receiving a plurality of documents associated with a deposit being made at a financial institution into an input receptacle of the document processing device, wherein the plurality of documents include a plurality of currency bills, each of the currency bills having an associated serial number;

    scanning the plurality of currency bills to produce an electronic image for each of the plurality of currency bills;

    extracting the associated serial number for each of the plurality of currency bills from the plurality of electronic images;

    denominating each of the plurality of currency bills;

    accumulating the total value of the plurality of currency bills included in the deposit; and

    in the document processing device, automatically generating a government-required report whenever the accumulated total value exceeds a prescribed value, wherein the document processing device is configured to include in the automatically generated government-required report one or more of the electronic images, an identification of the specified account at the financial institution to which the deposit is being made, the accumulated total value of the deposit, and the serial numbers associated with the currency bills included in the deposit.

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