DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for electronically depositing checks comprising:
- a scanner adapted to scan and generate images of checks to be deposited into a customer'"'"'s financial account associated with a first financial institution having an accounting system, the scanner being located remote from the financial institution, the scanner being adapted to accept and process a stack of checks, the scanner further adapted to extract character data from the image, the data indicative of the informational content of the check;
means for sending the images of the checks to a network associated with the financial institution, the means for sending the images allowing the images to be immediately available to the financial institution for settlement by the accounting system such that the customer'"'"'s financial account receives an immediate credit for the deposited checks.
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Abstract
A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past an image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the documents from the transport mechanism after being transported past the image scanner and the discrimination unit. The image scanner obtains an image of the documents, obtains an image of a selected area of the documents, and obtains information contained in the selected area of the document. The discrimination unit determines the authenticity of the document. A system controller directs the flows of documents over the transport mechanism.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for electronically depositing checks comprising:
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a scanner adapted to scan and generate images of checks to be deposited into a customer'"'"'s financial account associated with a first financial institution having an accounting system, the scanner being located remote from the financial institution, the scanner being adapted to accept and process a stack of checks, the scanner further adapted to extract character data from the image, the data indicative of the informational content of the check; means for sending the images of the checks to a network associated with the financial institution, the means for sending the images allowing the images to be immediately available to the financial institution for settlement by the accounting system such that the customer'"'"'s financial account receives an immediate credit for the deposited checks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A processing system for electronically depositing checks, said processing system comprising:
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a scanner configured to scan and generate an image of a check to be deposited into a customer'"'"'s financial account associated with a financial institution having an accounting system, the scanner being located remote from the financial institution, the scanner further configured to extract character data from the image, the data indicative of the informational content of the check; a means for sending the image of the check to a network associated with the financial institution, the means for sending the image allowing the image to be immediately available to the financial institution for settlement by the accounting system such that the customer'"'"'s financial account receives an immediate credit for the deposited check. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for electronically depositing checks, the system comprising:
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a scanner configured to scan a check to be deposited into a customer'"'"'s financial account associated with a financial institution, the scanner further configured to generate image data that is reproducible as an image of the check, the scanner being located remote from the financial institution; and a communications interface configured to send the image data in real-time to a network associated with the financial institution so that the image data is available substantially immediately at the financial institution for settlement purposes, said communications interface further configured to receive in real-time a confirmation that the customer'"'"'s financial account has been credited for the deposited check, wherein the scanner is configured to extract character information from the image data, the character information indicative of the informational content of the check. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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