Granted Patent B2

US 9,607,484 · App. 12/077,798 · Granted Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

Claims (11)

1. A method of operating a self-service check depositing terminal to provide a check deposit transaction receipt, the method comprising:

receiving a check from a depositor;

retrieving iconic check image data which is representative of an image of an iconic check which is other than the check received from the depositor;

embedding and printing at least some alphanumeric text data which is representative of alphanumeric text related to the check deposit transaction into at least some of a front side of the retrieved iconic check image data by modifying the iconic check image data to provide modified iconic check image data which is representative of a composite image of the iconic check and the alphanumeric text;

removing depositor identifying information from the composite image and the alphanumeric text, and wherein removing further includes removing Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) data from the composite image; and

printing the composite image of the iconic check and the alphanumeric text onto a check deposit transaction receipt but not an actual image of the check received from the depositor.

2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of embedding includes:

incorporating pixels which are associated with the alphanumeric text data into pixels which are associated with the iconic check image data to provide a modified arrangement of pixels which are associated with the composite image of the iconic check and the alphanumeric text.

3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the alphanumeric text provides information which relates to the check deposit transaction.

4. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

dispensing the printed receipt to the depositor.

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