Patent ID: 8266033

Claim:
A method for analyzing electronic images of negotiable instruments, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, a plurality of electronic files, wherein: each electronic file of the plurality of electronic files comprises an image of a negotiable instrument, and each electronic file of the plurality of electronic files includes a plurality of data fields; identifying, by the computer system, a first group of electronic files selected from the plurality of electronic files, wherein each of the electronic files in the first group corresponds to a negotiable instrument that exceeds a threshold monetary value; sorting, by the computer system, the electronic files of the first group of electronic files into a plurality of subgroups, wherein each electronic file of the first group of electronic files is sorted into at least one subgroup; and identifying, by the computer system, candidates for further analysis from each subgroup of electronic files according to selection criteria, wherein the selection criteria applied to each subgroup vary.