Patent ID: 7146245

Claim:
A method of processing at least two batches of documents, comprising the acts of: receiving the at least two batches of documents; entering into memory of a document processing device source identification information for the at least two batches in a sequence; loading the at least two batches into the document processing device for multiple batch processing in a sequence consistent with the sequence in which the source identification information was entered into memory; after entering the source identification information for the at least two batches into memory, begin transporting the batches in a sequence consistent with the sequence in which the source identification information was entered into memory, one document at a time, through the document processing device to obtain characteristic information from the documents in the at least two batches, pausing the transport between each batch; determining the batch information for each of the at least two batches based on the obtained characteristic information; and matching on a sequential basis the batch information for each of the at least two batches with the source identification information for each of the at least two batches.