Claims
- 1. A method for displaying an electronic image of a check having a front side and a back side, comprising:
- storing an electronic image of both the front and back sides of the check;
- retrieving the electronic image of both sides of the check; and
- simultaneously and automatically displaying images of both sides of the check on a screen of a display device;
- the step of simultaneously displaying comprising:
- displaying the front side of the check in a first screen window of the screen in an initial horizontal format for normal reading by a user and displaying the back side of the check having an endorsement thereon in a second screen window of the screen so that the endorsement is disposed in an initial format horizontally for normal reading by a user.
- 2. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising providing user operated controls to allow selected ones of enlarging and reducing the size of the displayed images of the front and back sides of a check, rotating the images to improve readability and scrolling through the images.
- 3. The method recited in claim 2, further comprising providing a user operated control to highlight a selected portion of a displayed check image.
- 4. hThe method recited in claim 3, further comprising enlarging the highlighted selected portion.
- 5. The method recited in claim 2, further comprising providing a user operated control to restore an image displayed on the screen to the initial format.
- 6. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising printing a copy of a selected image.
- 7. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a word processing function for the creation of a document and loading an image of a selected check into the document.
- 8. The method recited in claim 7, wherein the document is a letter to a customer who has made an inquiry concerning the check.
- 9. The method recited in claim 8, wherein the document comprises a form letter.
- 10. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising entering a user defined reference field as a part of said electronic image and providing said user defined reference field back to the user at the display device to enable sorting of check images according to said user defined reference field.
- 11. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising sorting said check images provided to the display device by at least one of account number, check number or amount embedded in the images.
- 12. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising storing request data for each requested check at a local database at the display device, and further wherein the step of displaying the requested electronic image comprises selecting an image for display, comparing the request data for the requested checks to the electronic files supplied to the display device and displaying the electronic image whose TIFF file coincides with the data representing the requested check.
- 13. Apparatus for displaying an electronic image of a check having a front side and a back side, comprising:
- a memory for storing an electronic image of both the front and back sides of the check;
- a computer for retrieving the electronic image of both sides of the check from the memory and;
- a display for simultaneously and automatically displaying the electronic image of both sides of the check, the display comprising:
- a screen and means for displaying the front side of the check in a first screen window of the screen in an initial horizontal format for normal reading by a user and for displaying the back side of the check having an endorsement thereon in a second screen window of the screen so that the endorsement is disposed in an initial format horizontally for normal reading by a user.
- 14. The apparatus recited in claim 13, further comprising user operated controls to allow selected ones of enlarging and reducing the size of the displayed images of the front and back sides of a check, rotating the images to improve readability and scrolling through the images.
- 15. The apparatus recited in claim 14, further comprising a user operated control to highlight a selected portion of a check image.
- 16. The apparatus recited in claim 15, further comprising a user operated control to enlarge the highlighted selected portion.
- 17. The apparatus recited in claim 14, further comprising a user operated control for restoring an image displayed on the screen to the initial format.
- 18. The apparatus recited in claim 13, further comprising a printer for printing a selected image.
- 19. The apparatus recited in claim 13, further comprising a word processor for the creation of a document and means for loading a check image into the document.
- 20. The apparatus recited in claim 19, wherein the document is a letter to a customer who has made an inquiry concerning the check.
- 21. The apparatus recited in claim 20, wherein the document comprises a form letter.
- 22. The apparatus recited in claim 13, further comprising a user defined reference field entered by a user and forming a part of the electronic image and further wherein said user defined reference field is provided back to the user at the display device to enable storage of check images according to said user reference field.
- 23. The apparatus recited in claim 13, further comprising a control for sorting said check images provided to the display by at least one of account number, check number or amount embedded in the images.
- 24. The apparatus recited in claim 13, further comprising a local database at the display for storing request data for each requested check and further wherein the display comprises means for selecting an image for display, for comparing the request data for the requested checks to the electronic files supplied to the display and for displaying the electronic image whose TIFF file coincides with the data representing the requested check.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/342,265, filed Nov. 18, 1994.
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