Patent ID: 7526117

Claim:
A method of enabling the remote deposit of a plurality of checks in a depository bank from a depositor site, comprising: Using a server to perform the steps of: receiving at a second site a plurality of check images and a plurality of entered dollar amounts, said check images being generated at said depositor site by scanning said checks, each of said entered dollar amounts being entered at said depositor site and corresponding to a respective one of said check images; using character recognition at said second site to read a first recognized dollar amount from each of said check images and assign a confidence level to each of said first recognized dollar amounts; dividing said check images into a high confidence group and a low confidence group, each of the check images in said high confidence group having a confidence level corresponding thereto that is greater than or equal to a predetermined level, each of the check images in said low confidence group having a confidence level corresponding thereto that is less than said predetermined level, the entered dollar amounts corresponding to the check images in said low confidence group forming a group of unmatched entered dollar amounts; for each one of one or more of the check images in said low confidence group, using character recognition with a selected one of said unmatched entered dollar amounts acting as a hint to read a second recognized dollar amount from the one of said one or more of the check images wherein the second recognized dollar amount value has a confidence level that is greater than or equal to said predetermined level; and providing to said depository bank deposit information including at least (i) said check images in said high confidence-group, (ii) the first recognized dollar amount corresponding to each of said check images in said high confidence group, (iii) said check images in said low confidence group, and (iv) the second recognized dollar amount corresponding to each of said one or more of the check images in said low confidence group, said deposit information being used by said depository bank to deposit said checks.