System and method for transferring image systems of different types between computers in a single data packet

A method for image item exchange comprising:

• receiving, from an image capture application, a first image item data packet including a first image item and a second image item, each image item including a respective digital image of a physical item documenting an action to be taken by a respective recipient institution and metadata associated with the respective digital image, the metadata including an identifier of the sender of the image item, and at least one of an identifier of a country associated with the physical item, an identifier of a country associated with the packet originator, or an identifier of a country associated with the respective recipient institution, at least one country identified in the metadata included in the second image item being different than a country identified in the metadata included in the first image item, the first image item and the second image item having different data types at least a portion of the metadata included in the second image item conforms to a different metadata format standard for image items than the metadata format standard to which the metadata included in the first image item conforms;
• applying predetermined sorting rules to determine an item type for the first image item based on the metadata included in the first image item;
• applying the predetermined sorting rules to determine an item type for the second image item based on the metadata included in the second image item;
• determining, based on the item type for the first image item and the item type for the second image item, a selected one of a plurality of recipient institutions to which the first image item data packet is to be transferred for performance of the actions documented by the respective digital images included in the first image item and the second image item;
• assembling a first data transfer packet comprising the respective digital image included in the first image item, the metadata associated with the first image item, the respective digital image included in the second image item, and the metadata associated with the second image item, the first data transfer packet being a data transfer packet of a first one of a plurality of data transfer packet types selected based on the selected recipient institution, the metadata associated with the first image item being arranged differently in the first data transfer packet than the metadata associated with the second image item in response to the at least one country identified in the metadata included in the second image item being different than the country identified in the metadata included in the first image item;
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• providing the first data transfer packet to a transfer packet routing service, wherein the transfer packet routing service routes the first data transfer packet to the selected recipient institution, the selected recipient institution performs an action documented by the first image item and an action documented by the second image item.

An image item processing engine for image item exchange, the image item processing engine comprising a memory and a hardware processor configured to implement:

• a first interface operable to:
• communicatively couple the image item processing engine to one or more image capture applications from which image item data packets are received, each image item data packet including a plurality of image items, each image item including a respective digital image of a physical item documenting an action to be taken by a respective recipient institution and metadata associated with the respective digital image, the metadata including an identifier of the sender of the image item, and at least one of an identifier of a country associated with the physical item, an identifier of a country associated with the packet originator, or an identifier of a country associated with the respective recipient institution;
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• receive, from a first image capture application, a first image item data packet including a first image item and a second image item, at least one country identified in the metadata included in the second image item being different than a country identified in the metadata included in the first image item, the first image item and the second image item having different data types, at least a portion of the metadata included in the second image item conforms to a different metadata format standard for image items than the metadata format standard to which the metadata included in the first image item conforms;
• an item type identification application operable to:
• apply predetermined sorting rules to determine an item type for the first image item based on the metadata included in the first image item;
• apply the predetermined sorting rules to determine an item type for the second image item based on the metadata included in the second image item;
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• determine, based on the item type for the first image item and the item type for the second image item, a selected one of a plurality of recipient institutions to which the first image item data packet is to be transferred for performance of the actions documented by the respective digital images included in the first image item and the second image item;
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• a transfer packet constructor operable to:
• assemble a first data transfer packet comprising the respective digital image included in the first image item, the metadata associated with the first image item, the respective digital image included in the second image item, and the metadata associated with the second image item, the first data transfer packet being a data transfer packet of a first one of a plurality of data transfer packet types selected based on the selected recipient institution, the metadata associated with the first image item being arranged differently in the first data transfer packet than the metadata associated with the second image item in response to the at least one country identified in the metadata included in the second image item being different than the country identified in the metadata included in the first image item;
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• a second interface operable to:
• communicatively couple the image item processing engine to a transfer packet routing service operable to route data transfer packets to respective recipient institutions;
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• provide the first data transfer packet to the transfer packet routing service, wherein the transfer packet routing service routes the first data transfer packet to the selected recipient institution, the selected recipient institution performs an action documented by the first image item and an action documented by the second image item.