Remote image capture with centralized processing and storage

A method for central management, storage and verification of remotely captured paper transactions from documents and receipts comprising the steps of:

• capturing an image of the paper transaction data at one or more remote locations and sending a captured image of the paper transaction data;
• managing the capturing and sending of the transaction data;
• collecting, processing, sending and storing the transaction data at a central location;
• managing the collecting, processing, sending and storing of the transaction data;
• encrypting subsystem identification information and the transaction data;
• and
• transmitting the transaction data and the subsystem identification information within and between the remote location(s) and the central location.

A communication network for the transmission of data within and between one or more remote data processing subsystems, at least one intermediate data collecting subsystem and at least one central subsystem forming a tiered architecture wherein each of said at least one central data processing subsystem communicate with a corresponding some of said at least one data collecting subsystem and each of said at least one data collecting subsystem communicate with a corresponding some of said one or more data processing subsystems, said data processing subsystem including an imaging subsystem for capturing images of documents and receipts, comprising:

• at least one first local area network for transmitting data within a corresponding one of said one or more remote subsystems;
• at least one second local area network for transmitting data within a corresponding one of said at least one intermediate subsystem;
• at least one third local area network for transmitting data within a corresponding one of said at least one central subsystem;
• and
• at least one wide area network for transmitting data between said one or more remote subsystems, said at least one intermediate subsystem and said at least one central subsystem.

A method for transmitting data within and between one or more remote subsystems, at least one intermediate subsystem and at least one central subsystem in a tiered manner wherein each of the central subsystems communicate with at least one intermediate subsystem and each of the intermediate subsystems communicate with at least one remote subsystems comprising the steps of:

• capturing an image of documents and receipts and extracting data therefrom;
• transmitting data within the remote locations;
• transmitting data from each remote location to corresponding intermediate location;
• transmitting data within the intermediate locations;
• transmitting data from each intermediate location to corresponding central locations;
• and
• transmitting data within the central locations.