Patent ID: 6592035
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A system for processing transaction items to create a set of transaction items where each transaction item in the set is uniquely identified from other transaction items in the set, the system comprising:a transport that moves transaction items along a path; a first item altering device that performs an operation on a first transaction item; a second item altering device that performs an operation on the first transaction item, at least one of the operations performed by the first and second item altering devices, when properly performed, causing the first transaction item to be uniquely identified from other transaction items in a set of transaction items properly processed by the first and second item altering device; a verification system that detects information indicative of whether the transaction item has been properly processed by the first and second item altering devices; and a controller that automatically controls the first and second item altering devices to remake the first transaction item if the first transaction item has been improperly processed by at least one of the first and second item altering devices before controlling the first and second item altering devices to process a next transaction item.