Patent ID: 7792753

Claim:
A method for image based transactions, comprising, the steps of: scanning via a first computer software process executing on an imaging station computer hardware device a front face and a back face of cash received for deposit at a first location and creating via the first computer software process executing on the imaging station computer hardware device an electronic validation of deposited cash; transmitting by a second computer software process executing on the imaging station computer hardware device the electronic validation of deposited cash from the first location via an imaging server to an image database at a second location; and processing a transaction at the second location with the electronic validation of deposited cash via at least one of a computer software process executing on an edit and validation computer hardware terminal device, a computer software process executing on an encoder computer hardware device, a computer software process executing on an image printer computer hardware device, and a computer software process executing on a sorter/imager computer hardware device, each coupled to the image database.