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Method and apparatus for image processing at remote sites
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1995-06-07
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Granted: 1998-10-20
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Expires: 2015-06-07
Abstract
Abstract An image processing and retrieval system in which images are captured and stored at the remote site where the document processor is located which codelines from the documents are captured and transmitted to a central host computer site, whereby the accounting and financial records may be done at the host computer at the central site and image statements and other image processing activity to process the image may be done at remote sites.
Inventors
- 👤 Gregory M. Bednar
- 👤 Thomas E. Carr
- 👤 Craig D. Curley
- 👤 Lynn P. Curley
- 👤 Dorothy I. Mazina
- 👤 Paul L. Olson
- 👤 Filip J. Yeskel
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-06 10:01
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q40/00; G06Q40/02; G06K; G06K17/00; G06K17/0022
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A method of obtaining information of two different types from a plurality of sequential documents comprising the steps of: moving the documents in sequence past a first station for reading information of a first type and a second station for reading information of a second type; storing information obtained from the first station on a local storage device where the documents have been passed by the first and second stations; transmitting information of the second type obtained from the second station to a storage device located at a distance, said remote storage device storing said information of the second type but not information of the first type; and storing said second type of information at the distant location, wherein the step of storing information at the distant location includes storing codeline information obtained from the plurality of documents at a location remote from the first and second stations.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
148 words
A method of obtaining information of two different types from a plurality of sequential documents comprising the steps of: moving the documents in sequence past a first station for reading information of a first type and a second station for reading information of a second type; storing information obtained from the first station on a local storage device where the documents have been passed by the first and second stations; transmitting information of the second type obtained from the second station to a storage device located at a distance, said remote storage device storing said information of the second type but not information of the first type; and storing said second type of information at the distant location, wherein the step of storing information at the distant location includes storing codeline information obtained from the plurality of documents at a location remote from the first and second stations.
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