Image analysis systems incorporating optical character recognition for alphanumeric detection from scanned documents

A method using image analysis for alphanumeric detection of scanned documents, said method comprising:

• initiating scanning of a document resulting in a scanned document image including alphanumeric characters;
• performing image analysis that includes optical character recognition (OCR) on the alphanumeric characters to ascertain information about a source computing system facilitating transfer of an amount indicated by the scanned document image, the OCR converting images of text from the document into machine-readable text;
• transferring the scanned document image from the computing system to an intermediary computing platform, the intermediary computing platform facilitating routing the scanned document image to the source computing system for authentication, wherein the source computing system facilitates the authentication by identifying a source of the document and obtaining an indication that transfer of the amount is authorized;
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• receiving an authorization from the intermediary computing platform that was provided by the source computing system, the authorization including the indication that the transfer of the amount is authorized and that the document has been authenticated.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• initiate scanning of a document resulting in a scanned document image including alphanumeric characters;
• perform image analysis that includes optical character recognition (OCR) on the alphanumeric characters to ascertain information about a source computing system facilitating transfer of an amount indicated by the scanned document image, the OCR converting images of text from the document into machine-readable text;
• transfer the scanned document image from the computing system to an intermediary computing platform, the intermediary computing platform facilitating routing the scanned document image to the source computing system for authentication, wherein the source computing system facilitates the authentication by identifying a source of the document and obtaining an indication that transfer of the amount is authorized;
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• receive an authorization from the intermediary computing platform that was provided by the source computing system, the authorization including the indication that the transfer of the amount is authorized and that the document has been authenticated.