A system for electronically transaction processing a large volume of documents utilizes high speed local area networks to distribute images and data related to the documents. Connected to the high speed network are slower speed networks in which the processing takes place at workstations. The workstations...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US5054096?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5054096 - Method and apparatus for converting documents into electronic data for transaction processing