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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7999657 | Image registration method for image comparison and document authentication A method for authenticating a printed document is disclosed. Barcode stamps are added to an original document image near the corners of the page to act as registration markers. The original document image bearing the barcode stamps is printed and circulated, while t... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7920049 | Registered 3-D optical thinfilm for remote identification A system and method for determining encoded information borne by transportation modalities. The system includes substrates carried by the modalities and an optical interrogation device capable of remotely acquiring the information and comparing it with a database of... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7852196 | Systems and methods for electronic premises access Systems and methods for electronic premises access are disclosed. Some method embodiments comprise receiving a credential at a portal to a secure premises, identifying an issuing authority of the credential, electronically validating the credential with the issuing ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7397362 | Methods and systems for imaging device credential submission and receipt Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for imaging device credential submission wherein credentials are extracted by scanning graphical indicia on user documents using a primary document scanner. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7388498 | Method and system for producing and reading labels based on magnetic resonance techniques The invention provides a method and system for labeling items, wherein the labels contain digital information and can be read when desired. The coding of the labels is done by choosing specifically engineered nano-particles, micro-particles, or liquid material in th... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7356645 | Portable terminal with an IC card mounted thereon In a portable terminal having an IC card, the outstanding SF value, the commuter pass information and the conditions for the corresponding operation to charge the SF value or renew the validity period of the commuter pass are stored in the IC card. The outstanding S... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338709 | Security yarn and production method therefor According to the present invention, there is provided a security thread whose existence is not clarified, which is prevented beforehand from being removed, which can be attached even to a form of a commodity heretofore regarded as difficult, and whose use purpose ra... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333001 | Secure personal RFID documents and method of use A method and apparatus for authenticating entities to use an intelligent interactive Electronic Product Code stored in an RFID tag attached to a document as a means for third parties to ascertain a document is not counterfeit and has not been revoked or changed. In ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333479 | RFID system with packetized data storage in a mobile environment: methods, systems and program products An RFID system includes transponders transmitting or receiving packetized data in standard form in lieu of custom format for applications executable in a mobile device or network. Tag data may be packetized in any of several standard formats. Each format includes a ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333629 | Authentic document and method of making A method and system is disclosed for printing an authenticatable image having an embedded image into a receiver having a discernible physical characteristic, such that the printed image can be used to authenticate the receiver which includes scanning the receiver to... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330563 | Documents, articles and authentication of documents and articles The present invention relates generally to physical articles, e.g., such as documents, and authenticating physical articles. One claim recites a method of determining authenticity of an analog form (e.g., a printed document such as legal tender, currency or identifi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324159 | Method and device communicating a command Disclosed are a method, a controlling device (110), a controllable device (130) and an arrangement (100) for communicating a command from the controlling device (110) to the controllable device (130). A watermark is generated compr... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312902 | Background data recording and use with document processing Systems, methods and program products for recording a document's background data during front-end generation of the document, and inserting a background data identifier on the document. In addition, the invention provides for use of the background data for document ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309017 | Secure physical documents, and methods and apparatus for publishing and reading them A security document, comprises a printed document and one or more memory circuits adapted to be read wirelessly attached to or incorporated within the printed document, wherein data in the memory circuit is protected from access by an unauthorised reader, and wherei... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305113 | Paper-like sheet discriminator A paper-like sheet discriminator has reference rollers for detection of a thickness of a paper-like sheet and a detection roller opposing the reference rollers. The paper-like sheet is passed between the reference rollers and the detection rollers and its thickness ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295997 | Method for shipping a package privately to a customer Methods and systems consistent with the present invention facilitate in sending a package (112) to a customer at a physical address via a shipper (106) while preserving customer privacy. In accordance with an embodiment, an order is received from the c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292880 | Hands-free function The invention relates to a apparatus for implementing a hands-free function, the apparatus comprising a mobile station (22) and a headset (21). The apparatus comprises means for transferring an audio signal of a call between the mobile station (22 | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287695 | Method and system for conducting transactions using a payment card with two technologies A system for conducting financial transactions is provided wherein payment cards have stored account information including a first portion readable by a first machine-readable technology and a second portion readable by a second different machine-readable technology... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284270 | IC card and card certification method An IC card comprising: a core layer comprising therein an electronic element having a memory medium; an image receptive layer recording at least either text information or image information; and an optical variation element layer comprising an optical variation elem... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275687 | Service providing system and method A delivery service providing system includes an entrance and exit control unit, an identifier control unit, and a delivery service providing unit. The entrance and exit control unit inputs a ticket identifier of a user who has entered or exited a predetermined area ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268906 | Systems and methods for authenticating and verifying documents Xerox Docket No. D/A0037Q Document authentication is accomplished by acquiring document image data, generating a set of features of the document, and generating an assist channel that includes information on how to generate the set of features. The set of features a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7249060 | Systems and methods for distributing on-line content Systems and methods are provided for distributing content such as audio, video, and text files to users over a communications network such as the Internet. Content owners may store content items at content provider computers. A catalog provider computer may be used ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246754 | Secure currency A secure document comprises a pliable fabric comprising human-readable information. The secure document further comprises a memory attached to the pliable fabric in which machine-readable information about the secure document is stored. The secure document further c... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239734 | Authentication of identification documents and banknotes The present invention provides methods and systems that are helpful authentication of physical and electronic documents like financial documents and identification documents. Steganographic indicia plays a role in some of our implementations. In other implementation... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225994 | Financial transaction card with sound recording A distinctive recorded sound is generated when a credit card or other financial transaction card is used at a point of sale (POS) terminal. As is common, the POS terminal includes a card reader through which the card is swiped to read data that is encoded on a magne... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221258 | Hierarchical electronic watermarks and method of use A method and apparatus for authenticating currency and other important documents. A preferred embodiment may contain both a substrate, such as paper, and an embedded RFID transponder. An embedded RFID transponder or electronic watermark may contain multiple hierarch... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213046 | System and method for providing efficient and secure data exchange using strip information elements A system and method for using strip information elements to provide secure data exchange and efficient bandwidth utilization is presented. When a person attends an event, an agent is downloaded into the persons' handheld device. The agent receives and manages strip ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206431 | System and method for generating and verifying a self-authenticating document Described are a system and method for verifying a self-authenticating document. First, an image is obtained of at least a predetermined portion of the document. Then, the image is divided into a predetermined number of pixel groups, each pixel group including a plur... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202787 | Non-authentic article discrimination system, and method for discriminating non-authentic article A non-authentic article discrimination system for discriminating whether an article to which an IC tag is attached is a non-authentic article includes an IC tag and a base device. The IC tag includes a first antenna portion for receiving a radio wave, a power genera... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200753 | Authentication apparatus and computer-readable storage medium An authentication apparatus includes a measuring unit measuring biometric information of an individual, a converting unit carrying out a predetermined conversion process with respect to the biometric information so as to obtain converted biometric information, an ex... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7172115 | Biometric identification system A biometric identification system that includes one or more identification devices or cards. Each identification card includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) element storing a first set of biometric information. A communication device operates to send and r... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159118 | Methods and apparatus for embedding and recovering watermarking information based on host-matching codes The invention provides apparatus and methods for embedding and recovering watermarking information based on host-matching codes. A code selector provides codes to be embedded in the host signal. The code selector associates distinct input data strings to be embedded... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158948 | Method and apparatus for encoding transactions for goods and services using an e-receipt A method and apparatus for encoding transactions for goods and services using an e-receipt is provided. A consumer and a merchant conduct a commercial transaction using a distributed data processing system. An electronic receipt is recorded on a removable storage me... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156291 | Recording media discard device, recording media discard system, and contents administration method The present invention provides a system which includes: a display media discard device which has a discard unit for discarding a display medium with an RF-ID tag and an RF-ID read unit for reading identification information of the RF-ID tag by radio communication; a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152793 | Sheets handling machine and sheets discrimination method There is demand that discrimination of bills or securities by means of IC chip should be adopted. If the conveying speed of securities and banknotes is slowed down substantially by implementing discrimination by an IC chip, this gives rise to delays of the transacti... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148801 | Article locator system A system and method for locating objects such as people, pets, and personal articles is described. A transceiver is attached to the person, animal, or item to be tracked and a handheld locator device is employed to transmit a locator signal containing an address cod... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143129 | System and method for distributing proximity information using a two-tiered bootstrap process A system and method for using an adaptable agent for downloading information to a handheld device in conjunction with the admittance to an event is presented. When a person attends an event, a generic bootstrap agent is downloaded into the persons' handheld device. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7130445 | Systems and methods for authenticating and verifying documents Document authentication is accomplished by acquiring document image data, generating a set of features of the document, and generating an assist channel that includes information on how to generate the set of features. The set of features and the assist channel are ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119980 | System and method for writing secure data to disk Secure data is written to a disk during manufacture in such a way that it can be read but not copied. Methods include writing triangular transitions or very slow transitions from positive magnetic to negative magnetic and then erasing the negative parts to yield a c... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116222 | Combination magnetic tag A combination magnetic tag (10) is described comprising an optical part (20) and a magnetic part (30), the optical part including a plurality of optical elements for conveying an optical code and the magnetic part including a plurality of magnet... | 10/03/2006 |
