Patent ID: 8239060

Claim:
A sheet processing system for counting and sorting sheets, and including a server coupled to a communication line, the system comprising: an arrangement device that includes: an input unit configured to input attribute information of the sheets; a first reading apparatus configured to: (a) sort the sheets into a first sheet group and a second sheet group based on a first identification card corresponding to the first sheet group and a second identification card corresponding to the second sheet group, (b) unify the first sheet group and the second sheet group to form one processing unit identified by a unified identification card, and (c) read first identification information, second identification information, and unified identification information assigned respectively to the first identification card, the second identification card, and the unified identification card; and a transmitting unit configured to process the input attribute information, the first identification information, second identification information, and unified identification information read by the first reading apparatus to provide processed arrangement information and transmit the processed arrangement information to the server via the communication line; a sheet processing apparatus that includes: a processing apparatus configured to convey and sort the first sheet group, second sheet group, the first identification card, the second identification card, and the unified identification card as indicated by the processed arrangement information provided by the arrangement device; a second reading apparatus configured to read the first identification information, the second identification information, and the unified identification information; and a CPU configured to confirm the processed arrangement information obtained from the server via the communication line by comparing with the first identification information, the second identification information, and the unified identification information read by the second reading apparatus.