Patent ID: 7711622

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of processing, indexing, packaging, and delivering imaged check information to customers of a financial institution, the method comprising: computer generating hypertext-formatted periodic transaction statements for each customer or customer account; computer generating check image files for each cleared check listed in the periodic transaction statement; computer generating hypertext links between the check numbers listed on the hypertext-formatted periodic transaction statements and the corresponding cleared check images; for each hypertext-formatted periodic transaction statement, computer generating a searchable index of the corresponding cleared check images, the searchable index pertaining specifically and exclusively to that customer or customer account; computer generating an archive file containing the hypertext-formatted periodic transaction statement, the corresponding cleared check images, and the searchable index; delivering the archive file to the corresponding customer over the Internet; and providing customers with a client-based application program for installation on their computers, the program being operable to open up the archive file, extract and store the contents locally, and make the contents and index available for viewing and searching within the client-based application program.