Patent ID: 7802717

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for tracking an electronic check processing status of an image cash letter (“ICL”) item, comprising the steps of: receiving an ICL comprising a plurality of ICL items for electronic check processing, each of the ICL items having an individual value; for each ICL item, processing the ICL item by performing at least one electronic check processing event in connection with the item; for each electronic check processing event, creating, by a tracking module, a record comprising information related to a status of the electronic check processing event with respect to the ICL item; associating, by the tracking module, each record with the item; and determining, by the tracking module, the status of the item based on the information stored in at least one record created by the tracking module and associated with the item; identifying, by the tracking module, an incoming ICL value amount comprising a sum of the individual values of the items; identifying, by the tracking module, an outgoing ICL value amount comprising a sum of the individual values of all items in the ICL that have a status of having been presented for payment; determining, by the tracking module, whether all items in the ICL have been presented for payment by determining whether the incoming ICL value amount equals the outgoing ICL value amount; and outputting, by the tracking module, a report comprising information regarding the ICL in response to determining that not all of the items in the ICL have been presented for payment, wherein the tracking module is implemented in a computer system that comprises instructions stored in a machine-readable medium and a processor that executes the instructions.