Patent ID: 6650767
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G06T,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
A document processing system, comprising:an input receptacle for receiving documents associated with a deposit transaction including a deposit slip document along with at least one monetary value document; an image scanner; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle adapted to receive the deposit transaction documents from the input receptacle and transport the deposit transaction documents past the image scanner; an output receptacle for receiving the deposit transaction documents from the transport mechanism after being transported past the image scanner; the image scanner being adapted to obtain images of the deposit transaction documents, optically recognize fields within the documents and to extract information from the fields, the extracted information comprising account information from the imaged deposit slip document and monetary value from the imaged monetary value document(s); and an interface adapted to communicate the account information and monetary value to an outside accounting system, the outside accounting system being adapted to update a balance of a financial account associated with the account information to provide credit for the monetary value of the monetary value document(s).