Patent ID: 7446892

Claim:
A system for facilitating document imaging and delivery, comprising: a scanner configured for reading a barcode from a separator sheet associated with at least one document, wherein the document includes payment information, sorting the at least one document based on the barcode, and scanning the at least one document in order to create an electronic document; a server in communication with the scanner configured for: reading at least one of the barcode, a document form number, a document control number, and identification information from the electronic document; assigning at least one of a document form number, a document control number, and identification information to the electronic document; determining at least one of a document type and identification information of the electronic document based on at least one of the barcode, the document form number, the document control number, and identification information; and determining if the electronic document includes non-payment information; associating the electronic document with a rescan request if the document includes the non-payment information; indexing the electronic document using at least one of the barcode, the document form number, the document control number, identification information, and the document type; rescan indexing the electronic document if the electronic document is associated with a rescan request using at least one of the barcode, the document form number, the document control number, identification information, and the document type; determining if the electronic document includes unnecessary information that does not require storing; removing the unnecessary information from the electronic document; a communication channel, in communication with at least one of the scanner, the server, and at least one computer system, configured for delivering the location of the electronic document electronically to the at least one computer system based on at least one of the barcode, the document form number, the document control number, identification information, and the document type.