Method and system for online communication between a check sorter and a check processing system

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A system that receives an executable code file from a check processing system; retrieves magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) data from a check for storage in an MICR buffer; performs a search of code line data to identify a previously-processed check as a match of the check; if a match exists: identifies the check as a particular previously-processed check; retrieves emulator data associated with the particular previously-processed check that includes a plurality of feature instructions; if no match exists: executes the executable code file based on the MICR data; obtain a plurality of feature instructions from the check processing system; updates the MICR buffer with the …