Method and apparatus for storing images of documents having magnetic ink code line

US5917965A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. · US

Inventors

• Thomas Cahill · Brooklyn, US
• John J. McMonagle · Brooklyn, US
• Richard H. Sferra · Plainview, US
• Glenn Levine · Fort Lauderdale, US
• Saul Goldfisher · Brooklyn, US
• Philip Wilson · Brooklyn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 1995
• Grant date: Jun 29, 1999
• Expiry date: May 5, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99939
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving images of documents, e.g. checks. The method comprises placing a plurality of documents in a document imaging machine and forming an electronic image of each document, storing each electronic image in an electronic storage device, providing at least one user interface device in communication on a communication link with the electronic storage device, placing a request for at least one document image on the user interface device, transmitting the request by the communication link to the electronic storage device, searching the electronic storage device for the requested electronic image of the document, retrieving the at least one electronic image or providing an indication that the image was not found, storing the electronic image, if found, in an electronic file, for transmission to the user interface device at user option, providing the electronic image to the user interface device at command of a user at the user interface device for storage at the user interface device and displaying the requested electronic image on a display of the user interface device. Preferably, the electronic, images are stored with embedded identifying i…