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US 8,508,767 B2Granted
Processing of electronic documents to achieve manufacturing efficiency
AssigneeBank of America Corporation
InventorsDavid Ray Carter, Sherri A. Sullivan, Joseph G. Toy, Daniel G. Fletcher, George M. Freebersyser, Jr.
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Abstract
A method can be used for processing electronic documents, each of which are assigned a plurality of attributes. The documents are sorted into one or more groups based on the attributes, such that the electronic documents of each group share at least one of the attributes. The attributes of the documents in each group are analyzed to determine an appropriate processing site for each group, and then the groups are each routed to their respective processing sites determined to be appropriate therefor.
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A computer-assisted method comprising:
- receiving, at a computer system, a plurality of electronic documents designated for processing;
- sorting the electronic documents into one or more groups, by the computer system, based on attributes of the electronic documents, wherein the electronic documents of each group share at least one common attribute reflecting at least one physical processing requirement shared by each of the plurality of electronic documents of the group;
- determining, by the computer system, an appropriate processing site for each group among a plurality of processing sites based at least on the at least one common attribute of the electronic documents of each group, including analysis of capabilities of at least one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site to determine that the one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site are capable of meeting the at least one physical processing requirement to process all of the plurality of electronic documents of the group in a single run;
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- routing, by the computer system, each group of electronic documents to the respective appropriate processing site determined for the group,
- wherein more than one of the processing sites are capable of meeting the at least one physical processing requirement to process all of the plurality of electronic documents of a first group in a single run, and the appropriate processing site for the first group comprises a processing site able to process the first group most efficiently, and
- wherein determining the appropriate processing site for the first group comprises selecting a first processing site that is slower than a second processing site, the first processing site having less current production assigned thereto than the second processing site.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable code comprising instructions configured to cause one or more processors to perform:
- receiving a plurality of electronic documents designated for processing;
- sorting the electronic documents into one or more groups based on attributes of the electronic documents, wherein the electronic documents of each group share at least one common attribute reflecting at least one physical processing requirement shared by each of the plurality of electronic documents of the group;
- determining an appropriate processing site for each group among a plurality of processing sites based at least on the at least one common attribute of the electronic documents of each group, including analysis of capabilities of at least one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site to determine that the one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site are capable of meeting the at least one physical processing requirement to process all of the plurality of electronic documents of the group in a single run;
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- routing each group of electronic documents to the respective appropriate processing site determined for the group,
- wherein more than one of the processing sites are capable of meeting the at least one physical processing requirement to process all of the plurality of electronic documents of a first group in a single run, and the appropriate processing site for the first group comprises a processing site able to process the first group most efficiently, and
- wherein determining the appropriate processing site for the first group comprises selecting a first processing site that is slower than a second processing site, the first processing site having less current production assigned thereto than the second processing site.
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A computer-assisted method comprising:
- receiving, at a computer system, a plurality of electronic documents designated for processing;
- analyzing a plurality of attributes of the electronic documents and capabilities of one or more pieces of processing equipment at each of a plurality of processing sites, by the computer system, to determine an appropriate processing site for the electronic documents among the plurality of processing sites, such that the one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site are capable of processing all of the electronic documents, wherein the plurality of attributes reflect at least one physical processing requirement, and the appropriate processing site is determined based at least on the capability of the one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site to meet the at least one physical processing requirement;
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- routing, by the computer system, the electronic documents to the appropriate processing site,
- wherein determining the appropriate processing site comprises:
- determining one or more capable processing sites being capable of processing the plurality of documents according to the at least one physical processing requirement;
- and
- determining the appropriate processing site from the one or more capable processing sites, wherein the appropriate processing site is able to process the electronic documents most efficiently, and
- wherein determining the appropriate processing site from the one or more capable processing sites comprises:
- selecting, as the appropriate processing site, a first processing site that is slower than a second processing site, the first processing site having less current production assigned thereto than the second processing site.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable code comprising instructions configured to cause one or more processors to perform:
- receiving a plurality of electronic documents designated for processing;
- analyzing a plurality of attributes of the electronic documents and capabilities of one or more pieces of processing equipment at each of a plurality of processing sites to determine an appropriate processing site for the electronic documents among the plurality of processing sites, such that the one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site are capable of processing all of the electronic documents, wherein the plurality of attributes reflect at least one physical processing requirement, and the appropriate processing site is determined based at least on the capability of the one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site to meet the at least one physical processing requirement;
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- routing the electronic documents to the appropriate processing site,
- wherein determining the appropriate processing site comprises:
- determining one or more capable processing sites being capable of processing the plurality of documents according to the at least one physical processing requirement;
- and
- determining the appropriate processing site from the one or more capable processing sites, wherein the appropriate processing site is able to process the electronic documents most efficiently, and
- wherein determining the appropriate processing site from the one or more capable processing sites comprises:
- selecting, as the appropriate processing site, a first processing site that is slower than a second processing site, the first processing site having less current production assigned thereto than the second processing site.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an interface for electronic communication;
- and
- a processor coupled to the interface and configured to cause the apparatus to perform:
- receiving a plurality of electronic documents designated for processing;
- sorting the electronic documents into one or more groups based on attributes of the electronic documents, wherein the electronic documents of each group share at least one common attribute reflecting at least one physical processing requirement shared by each of the plurality of electronic documents;
- determining an appropriate processing site for each group among a plurality of processing sites based at least on the at least one common attribute of the electronic documents of each group, including analysis of capabilities of at least one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site to determine that the one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site are capable of meeting the physical processing requirement to process all of the plurality of electronic documents in a single run;
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- routing each group of electronic documents to the respective appropriate processing site determined for the group,
- wherein more than one of the processing sites are capable of meeting the at least one physical processing requirement to process all of the plurality of electronic documents of a first group in a single run, and the appropriate processing site for the first group comprises a processing site able to process the first group most efficiently, and
- wherein determining the appropriate processing site for the first group comprises selecting a first processing site that is slower than a second processing site, the first processing site having less current production assigned thereto than the second processing site.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an interface for electronic communication;
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- a processor coupled to the interface and configured to cause the apparatus to perform:
- receiving a plurality of electronic documents designated for processing;
- analyzing a plurality of attributes of the electronic documents and capabilities of one or more pieces of processing equipment at each of a plurality of processing sites to determine an appropriate processing site for the electronic documents among the plurality of processing sites, such that the one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site are capable of processing all the electronic documents, wherein the plurality of attributes reflect at least one physical processing requirement, and the appropriate processing site is determined based at least on the capability of the one or more pieces of processing equipment at the appropriate processing site to meet the at least one physical processing requirement;
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- routing the electronic documents to the appropriate processing site,
- wherein determining the appropriate processing site comprises:
- determining one or more capable processing sites being capable of processing the plurality of documents according to the at least one physical processing requirement;
- and
- determining the appropriate processing site from the one or more capable processing sites, wherein the appropriate processing site is able to process the electronic documents most efficiently, and
- wherein determining the appropriate processing site from the one or more capable processing sites comprises:
- selecting, as the appropriate processing site, a first processing site that is slower than a second processing site, the first processing site having less current production assigned thereto than the second processing site.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.