Granted Patent B2

US 10,146,795 · App. 14/804,281 · Granted Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

Claims (81)

1. A method, comprising:

initiating a workflow;

providing one or more of case information and raw data to the workflow;

processing one or more of the case information and the raw data to generate a processing result;

storing at least some of the case information in association with the processing result, wherein the associated case information acts as an identifier of the processing result;

transmitting at least the processing result and the identifier;

receiving, in response to the transmitting, a reply comprising the identifier;

retrieving at least the processing result using the identifier;

wherein the processing comprises performing a lookup operation using some or all of the case information as a query;

wherein the processing result comprises identifying information retrieved via the lookup operation;

wherein the reply comprises a request for additional information, and the method further comprising: performing a second lookup operation using a different portion of the case information as a different query; and

wherein the additional information comprises identifying information retrieved via the second lookup operation.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the reply further comprises identifying information retrieved using the lookup operation, and

wherein the lookup operation further utilizes the processing result as a query.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the reply further comprises a request for user authentication of the identifying information retrieved using the lookup operation.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 , wherein the user authentication comprises:

capturing a user signature;

associating the user signature with the identifier; and

transmitting the user signature in association with the identifier.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the lookup operation utilizes a third party service or a third party data source to retrieve the identifying information.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the raw data comprises image data depicting a digital representation of a document,

wherein processing the raw data comprises performing one or more image processing operations on the image data; and

wherein the processing result comprises the processed image and image processing parameters employed in the processing.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 , wherein the reply comprises a request to perform one or more additional image processing operations.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein performing the one or more additional image processing operations comprises:

retrieving one or more of the image processing parameters and the processed image using the identifier;

determining additional image processing parameters for the additional image processing operation(s) based on one or more of the image processing parameters and the processed image; and

performing the additional image processing operations using the additional image processing parameters.

9. A system, comprising a processor configured to execute logic; and logic configured to cause the processor to:

initiate a workflow;

provide one or more of case information and raw data to the workflow;

process one or more of the case information and the raw data to generate a processing result;

store at least some of the case information in association with the processing result, wherein the associated case information acts as an identifier of the processing result;

transmit at least the processing result and the identifier;

receive, in response to the transmitting, a reply comprising the identifier;

retrieve at least the processing result using the identifier;

wherein the processing comprises performing a lookup operation using some or all of the case information as a query;

wherein the processing result comprises identifying information retrieved via the lookup operation;

wherein the reply comprises a request for additional information, and the logic is configured to cause the processor to: perform a second lookup operation using a different portion of the case information as a different query; and

wherein the additional information comprises identifying information retrieved via the second lookup operation.

10. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the reply further comprises identifying information retrieved using a lookup operation, and

wherein the lookup operation utilizes the processing result as a query.

11. The system as recited in claim 10 , wherein the reply further comprises a request for user authentication of the identifying information retrieved using the lookup operation, and wherein the user authentication comprises:

capturing a user signature;

associating the user signature with the identifier; and

transmitting the user signature in association with the identifier.

12. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the raw data comprises image data depicting a digital representation of a document,

wherein processing the raw data comprises performing one or more image processing operations on the image data; and

wherein the processing result comprises processed image and image processing parameters employed in the processing.

13. The system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the reply comprises a request to perform one or more additional image processing operations selected from:

retrieving one or more of the image processing parameters and the processed image using the identifier;

determining additional image processing parameters for the additional image processing operation(s) based on one or more of the image processing parameters and the processed image; and

performing the additional image processing operations using the additional image processing parameters.

14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer readable program instructions configured to cause a processor to:

initiate a workflow;

provide one or more of case information and raw data to the workflow;

process one or more of the case information and the raw data to generate a processing result;

store at least some of the case information in association with the processing result, wherein the associated case information acts as an identifier of the processing result;

transmit at least the processing result and the identifier;

receive, in response to the transmitting, a reply comprising the identifier;

retrieve at least the processing result using the identifier;

wherein processing the one or more of the case information and the raw data comprises performing a lookup operation using some or all of the case information as a query;

wherein the processing result comprises identifying information retrieved via the lookup operation;

wherein the reply comprises a request for additional information, and the computer readable program instructions are further configured to cause the processor to: perform a second lookup operation using a different portion of the case information as a different query; and

wherein the additional information comprises identifying information retrieved via the second lookup operation.

15. The computer program product as recited in claim 14 , wherein the raw data comprises image data depicting a digital representation of a document,

wherein processing the raw data comprises performing one or more image processing operations on the image data; and

wherein the processing result comprises a processed image and image processing parameters employed in the processing.

16. The computer program product as recited in claim 15 , wherein the reply comprises a request to perform one or more additional image processing operations; and

wherein performing the one or more additional image processing operations comprises:

retrieving one or more of the image processing parameters and the processed image using the identifier;

determining additional image processing parameters for the additional image processing operation(s) based on one or more of the image processing parameters and the processed image; and

performing the additional image processing operations using the additional image processing parameters.

17. The computer program product as recited in claim 14 , wherein the reply further comprises identifying information retrieved using the lookup operation, and

wherein the lookup operation further utilizes the processing result as a query.

18. The computer program product as recited in claim 14 , wherein the reply further comprises a request for user authentication of the identifying information retrieved using the lookup operation.

19. The computer program product as recited in claim 18 , wherein the user authentication comprises:

capturing a user signature;

associating the user signature with the identifier; and

transmitting the user signature in association with the identifier.

20. The computer program product as recited in claim 14 , wherein the lookup operation utilizes a third party service or a third party data source to retrieve the identifying information.

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