Image statement printing system with document storage/retrieval using optical media

Patent 5287497 Issued on February 15, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 15, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Behera, Bailochan

Application

No. 670541 filed on 03/15/1991

US Classes:

707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)382/305, Image storage or retrieval707/204, Archiving or backup711/112, Direct access storage device (DASD)718/100TASK MANAGEMENT OR CONTROL

Examiners

Primary: Kulik, Paul V.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Kozak; Alfred W., Starr; Mark T.

International Class

G06F 015/30

Abstract

A storage/retrieval system providing a two month digital data accumulation in archival storage and a one month digital data accumulation storage (for monthly statements) of document images and information. A Master Print Index File correlates data on each document with its digital counterpart located on a specific optical platter and specific record number on the platter. The Master Print Index File is sorted and provided to a print subsystem which can access, on a daily basis, the needed digital image data from its magnetic disk after the magnetic disk has copied the current cycle of image data from the optical platters.

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