US 6032137

A concise summary of US Patent 6,032,137 is provided below.

Title: Remote image capture with centralized processing and storage

Assignee: The original assignee was CSP Holdings LLC. The patent has since been reassigned, with the current listed assignee being SHORE DEARY LLP.

Inventors: Claudio R. Ballard

Filing Date: May 19, 1998

Issue Date: February 29, 2000

Abstract:
A system for remote data acquisition and centralized processing and storage is disclosed called the DataTreasury™ System. The DataTreasury™ System provides comprehensive support for the processing of documents and electronic data associated with different applications including sale, business, banking and general consumer transactions. The system retrieves transaction data such as credit card receipts checks in either electronic or paper form at one or more remote locations, encrypts the data, transmits the encrypted data to a central location, transforms the data to a usable form, performs identification verification using signature data and biometric data, generates informative reports from the data and transmits the informative reports to the remote location(s). The DataTreasury™ System has many advantageous features which work together to provide high performance, security, reliability, fault tolerance and low cost. First, the network architecture facilitates secure communication between the remote location(s) and the central processing facility. A dynamic address assignment algorithm performs load balancing among the system's servers for faster performance and higher utilization. Finally, a partitioning scheme improves the error correction process.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

This patent contains one independent claim.

Claim 1: This claim describes a system for managing and verifying electronic and paper financial transactions from remote locations. The system is comprised of three main parts:

• Remote Data Access Subsystem: This is a device at a remote location (like a store) that captures data from transactions, whether they are from paper (like a receipt) or electronic (like a credit card).
• Data Collecting Subsystem: This is an intermediary system that gathers the transaction data sent from one or more of the remote devices. It has a component for managing this data collection and transmission.
• Central Data Processing Subsystem: This is a central computer system that receives the transaction data from the collecting subsystem. It is responsible for processing, sending, and storing the data. It also has a management component for these tasks.
• Communication Network: This connects all the different parts of the system, allowing them to send transaction data between the remote devices and the central processing system.

In essence, the claim outlines a networked system that allows for the capture of financial transaction information at the point of sale, collection of that information, and centralized processing and storage of the data.

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