Aggregating Bills and Invoices on Cloud for Anytime Anywhere Access: A Sustainable System

Abstract

Access to cloud storage devices and services (IaaS or RaaS) are getting popular because of their anytime-anywhere flexibility and low cost. Cloud storage enables networked online storage where data is stored in virtualized pools of storage units. These units are usually managed by third parties. It is being used for the purpose of storing music files, presentations, statements, bills and other important documents. Organizations like Google, Amazon, Rackspace, and Dropbox are providing on-cloud storage. Besides organizations this service is gaining popularity among end-users too. Typically a user scans his important documents and store at the subscribed space. Later these documents can be accessed using an internet browser. Since user manages his own documents, there are chances that certain important documents are missed out. Hence we need an automatic storage system which can save these bills and invoices at the targeted location as soon as they are generated. In this article we are presenting the simplified model along with the improved process flow chart and architecture details. The proposed system would reduce the chances of missed documents and unnecessary troubles of scanning them. Additionally whenever required the user can provide the access code of the particular bill to the concerned authority for any verifications and approvals. This would also help to save the printing and paper cost for the retailer as well as for the user, further contributing towards the environment and sustainability. Using the proposed system the user can simply point to that URL and hence he/she need not print the bliss. This would also prevent the production of frauds and forged bills.