System and method for electronically processing document imgages

Abstract

The system and method facilitate the control and management of information and actions related to the computerized scanning, categorization, processing, storage, and retrieval of paper documents and electronic document images for the purposes of creating electronic data; data entry; data capture; data classification and categorization; and document-, file-, and records-management. The systems and methods facilitate the conversion of paper documents into electronic images and into more useful forms.

1 . A computerized document processing system comprising:
 an input document image processing module configured to receive a group of electronic page images of documents, associate the group of electronic images of documents with a job type which includes one or more defined document types and one or more defined sequence of document images, identify the electronic images of documents as defined document types, and verify and correct defined sequences of document images;   a data entry module configured to receives the group of electronic images of documents from the document image processing module and configured to associate keyed data with the electronic image from which it was generated; and   a document management module configured to track the progress of the group of electronic images of documents through the system, provide access via a network to the tracked progress, provide access via the network to the group of electronic images of documents and its associated keyed data.