Check destruction tracking and reconstruction
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1. A method comprising:
- transferring one or more financial institution items to a bin for transporting the items to be destroyed;
associating the bin with a bin identifier comprising placing a seal on the bin, where the seal comprises the bin identifier;
providing an indication of which items are in the bin comprising;
providing one or more groupings of the one or more financial institution items;
creating a label for each of the groupings; and
associating the labels corresponding to the items placed in the bin with the bin identifier;
creating a manifest comprising bin identifiers and items associated with each bin;
allowing the bin to be transported for destruction;
receiving a destruction notification comprising the bin identifier indicating the items in the bin were destroyed in response to safe transport and safe destruction of the items in the bin;
verifying the bin identifiers received in the destruction notification against the manifest in response to receiving the notification of destruction of the items in the bin; and
receiving notification of an incident in response to the bin being compromised.
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Abstract
A method for check destruction tracking and reconstruction relates to tracking the destruction of financial institution items, such as paper checks. The method includes transferring the financial institution items to a bin for transporting the items to be destroyed. The bin is associated with a bin identifier. The items which are in the bin are identified and the bin is transported for destruction. If the items are safely transported and safely destroyed, a notification of destruction of the items in the bin is sent. If the items are either not safely transported or not safely destroyed, a notification of an incident is sent. Appropriate action may be taken in response to receiving such notification.
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1. A method comprising:
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transferring one or more financial institution items to a bin for transporting the items to be destroyed; associating the bin with a bin identifier comprising placing a seal on the bin, where the seal comprises the bin identifier; providing an indication of which items are in the bin comprising; providing one or more groupings of the one or more financial institution items; creating a label for each of the groupings; and associating the labels corresponding to the items placed in the bin with the bin identifier; creating a manifest comprising bin identifiers and items associated with each bin; allowing the bin to be transported for destruction; receiving a destruction notification comprising the bin identifier indicating the items in the bin were destroyed in response to safe transport and safe destruction of the items in the bin; verifying the bin identifiers received in the destruction notification against the manifest in response to receiving the notification of destruction of the items in the bin; and receiving notification of an incident in response to the bin being compromised. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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providing one or more groupings of one or more financial institution items; transferring the groupings to a plurality of bins which are each used to transport one or more groupings of items to a site where the items will be destructed; creating a label for each of the groupings; associating each label with the bin that contains the groupings of items corresponding to the label; affixing a seal to each of the bins, wherein each seal comprises a unique identifier for each bin; creating a manifest comprising bin identifiers and items associated with each bin; allowing the bins to be transported for destruction; receiving a destruction notification comprising the bin identifier indicating the items in the bin were destroyed in response to safe transport and safe destruction of the items in the bin; verifying the bin identifiers received in the destruction notification against the manifest in response to receiving the notification of destruction of the items in the bin; and receiving notification of an incident in response to any of the bins being compromised. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a bin that receives one or more groupings of financial institution items to be destroyed, the bin having a seal that comprises an identifier, and the groupings of financial institution items each comprising a label associated with the identifier of the bin; and a processing unit configured to respond to computer instructions to; create a manifest comprising bin identifiers and items associated with each bin; receive a destruction notification comprising the bin identifier indicating the items in the holding container were destroyed in response to safe transport and safe destruction of the items in the bin; verify the bin identifiers received in the destruction notification against the manifest in response to receiving the notification of destruction of the items in the bin; and receive notification of an incident in response to the bin being compromised. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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