Online check register using check imaging
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a communication device configured to receive images;
a storage device comprising information stored therein relating to a financial account associated with a payor; and
computer readable program code stored on said storage device or a separate storage device; and
a processor communicably coupled to said storage device or storage devices, wherein said computer readable program code comprises instructions that when operated by said processor, causes said processor to;
provide to the payor a web-based online banking account allowing the payor to manage one or more financial accounts and perform one or more transactions using the one or more financial accounts;
operate the communication device to receive an image of at least a portion of a check, wherein the portion comprises an indication of an amount of money to be drawn on the financial account;
process the image to determine the amount;
amend the information relating to the financial account to include the amount prior to receiving any indication that the check has been presented for payment;
transmit the image of at least the portion of the check to the financial account associated with the payor; and
display, via the online banking account, the image of the check.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for maintaining an updated check register in connection with an online banking account of a payor that tracks pending check payments using check imaging technology. Some embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-implemented method including the following steps: receiving an image of at least a portion of a paper check, wherein the portion comprises an indication of an amount of money to be drawn on a financial account, processing the image to determine the amount, identifying the financial account, and recording the amount in connection with the financial account, wherein the recording step occurs prior to receiving any indication that the check has been presented for payment. In addition, the method may also include making the financial account with an indication of the pending payment available to be viewed by the payor.
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32 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a communication device configured to receive images; a storage device comprising information stored therein relating to a financial account associated with a payor; and computer readable program code stored on said storage device or a separate storage device; and a processor communicably coupled to said storage device or storage devices, wherein said computer readable program code comprises instructions that when operated by said processor, causes said processor to; provide to the payor a web-based online banking account allowing the payor to manage one or more financial accounts and perform one or more transactions using the one or more financial accounts; operate the communication device to receive an image of at least a portion of a check, wherein the portion comprises an indication of an amount of money to be drawn on the financial account; process the image to determine the amount; amend the information relating to the financial account to include the amount prior to receiving any indication that the check has been presented for payment; transmit the image of at least the portion of the check to the financial account associated with the payor; and display, via the online banking account, the image of the check. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method comprising:
providing a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer program code stored thereon, wherein said computer program code is specifically configured to cause one or more computer processing devices to perform the following operations when performing the computer program code; provide to the payor a web-based online banking account allowing the payor to manage one or more financial accounts and perform one or more transactions using the one or more financial accounts; receiving an image of at least a portion of a paper check, wherein the portion comprises an indication of an amount of money to be drawn on a financial account;
processing the image to determine the amount;identifying the financial account; recording the amount in connection with the financial account, wherein said recording step occurs prior to receiving any indication that the check has been presented for payment; transmitting the image of at least the portion of the check to the financial account associated with the payor; and displaying, via the online banking account, the image of the check. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer program product comprising non-transitory a computer-readable medium having computer-executable computer program code portions stored therein, wherein the computer-executable program code portions comprise:
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a program code portion configured to provide to the payor a web-based online banking account allowing the payor to manage one or more financial accounts and perform one or more transactions using the one or more financial accounts; a program code portion configured to receive an image of at least a portion of a check, wherein the portion comprises an indication of an amount of money to be drawn on a financial account associated with a payor; a program code portion configured to process the image to determine the amount; a program code portion configured to identify the financial account from which the amount will be drawn after the check is presented for payment; a program code portion configured to record in connection with the financial account the amount of the check as a pending payment, wherein said recording step occurs prior to receiving any indication that the check has been presented for payment; a program code portion configured to transmit the image of at least the portion of the check to the financial account associated with the payor; and a program code portion configured to display, via the online banking account, the image of the check. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A system comprising:
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an image capturing device configured to capture images; a communication device configured to receive images; a storage device comprising information stored therein relating to a financial account associated with a payor; and computer readable program code stored on said storage device or a separate storage device; and a processor communicably coupled to said storage device or storage devices, wherein said computer readable program code comprises instructions that when operated by said processor, causes said processor to; provide access to a web-based online banking account allowing the payor to manage one or more financial accounts and perform one or more transactions using the one or more financial accounts; operate the communication device to receive an image of at least a portion of a check, wherein the portion comprises an indication of an amount of money to be drawn on the financial account; process the image to determine the amount; amend the information relating to the financial account to include the amount prior to receiving any indication that the check has been presented for payment; transmit the image of at least the portion of the check to the financial account associated with the payor;
an online banking account of the payor; anddisplay, via the online banking account, the image of the check. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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capturing an image of at least a portion of a paper check, wherein the portion comprises an indication of an amount of money to be drawn on a financial account; transmitting the image to a processing device configured to process the image to determine the amount; identifying the financial account; recording the amount in connection with the financial account, wherein said recording step occurs prior to receiving any indication that the check has been presented for payment; transmitting the image of at least the portion of the check to the financial account associated with the payor; providing to the payor a web-based online banking account allowing the payor to manage one or more financial accounts and perform one or more transactions using the one or more financial accounts; and displaying, via the online banking account, the image of the check. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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