CODING, TRACKING AND REPORTING NEGOTIABLE ITEMS AND RELATED NON-NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENTS

摘要

A system and a method for coding, tracking, and reporting onitems from any one or more processing points for institutions. Thesystem operates to affix, apply or print codes on or to items anddocuments, in the form of one or more bar codes and/or relatedsymbology. The system operates to also read codes previouslyprinted, affixed or otherwise applied to items and documents. Theinformation related to and represented by the codes and/or relatedsymbology is used during the issuing, clearing, settlement and/orexchange processes and other types of processes throughout thelifecycle of the item. The specific information encoded in the barcode and/or related symbology may, for example, include required anyone or more of the following pieces of information regulatorydetails, processing and handling point identifications and trackingdetails, and other information. The disclosed system may further beembodied such that the information included in the bar codes and/orrelated symbology on the item and document is supplemented withinformation stored in an associated database and other electronic orpaper based information repositories. Report generation based on theinformation encoded within the bar codes and/or related symbology,and on associated information in the software database or otherelectronic or paper based information repositories is also disclosed.