Network for transporting and processing images in real time

US6661910B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cummins-Allison Corp. · US

Inventors

• John E. Jones · Winnetka, US
• Paul A. Jones · Glenview, US
• Ronald M. Gafron · Hoffman Estates, US
• William J. Jones · Kenilworth, US
• Douglas U. Mennie · Barrington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 14, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 9, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V30/2253
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing network for processing image files and coupled to an outside data communication network comprising a plurality of remote image capture units, the units scanning documents and creating a plurality of image files of said documents; the image processing means is coupled to said plurality of remote image capture units for processing the image files; the accounting means is coupled to the image processing means for immediately updating accounts associated with said image processing means; and the plurality of remote capture units are coupled to the outside network, the outside data communication network is connected to outside financial institutions, the image processing means transmits said image files to the outside financial institutions via the data communication network and receives image files from the outside financial institutions over the network.