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Unalterable self-verifying articles
Assignee: TRANSPACIFIC SILICA LLC
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Filing: 1996-11-22
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Granted: 1999-11-16
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Expires: 2016-11-22
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed are methods, systems and articles of manufacture for creating and authenticating self-verifying articles. Self-verifying articles include, for example, commercial instruments (i.e., notes, drafts, checks, bearer paper, etc.), transaction cards (i.e., ATM cards, calling cards, credit cards, etc.), personal identification documents (i.e., driver's licenses, passports, personal identification papers, etc.) and labels affixed to package surfaces for identification of the package owner or sender, which, for example, may be used for verifying imported goods by customs agents. Self-verifying article creation includes receiving recipient-specific data, encoding a first selected subset of the recipient-specific data and fixing the encoded subset along with other human-recognizable data on a surface of an article. Self-verifying article authentication includes scanning a surface to locate an encoded first data set, decoding the first data set and comparing the decoded first data set with a control data set, which may also be fixed upon the surface, to determine the authenticity of the received self-verifying article.
Inventors
- 👤 Dennis G. Priddy
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 06:46
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/347; G07F7/12; G07F7/125; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S283/00; Y10S283/901; Y10S283/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
67 words
A self-verifying article comprising: a surface; a first data set fixed upon said surface; and a second data set fixed upon said surface, said second data set being all encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set and being configured as an optically readable code forming at least one matrix array having a perimeter and alternating black and white symbols alone said perimeter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
67 words
A self-verifying article comprising: a surface; a first data set fixed upon said surface; and a second data set fixed upon said surface, said second data set being all encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set and being configured as an optically readable code forming at least one matrix array having a perimeter and alternating black and white symbols alone said perimeter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The self-verifying article as set forth in claim 1 wherein said second data set comprises biometric data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The self-verifying article as set forth in claim 1 wherein portions of said first and second data sets comprise biometric data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
A self-verifying article comprising: a surface, a first data set fixed upon said surface; and a second data set fixed upon said surface, said second data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set, wherein said second data set comprises biometric data and is configured as an optically readable code forming two matrix arrays.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
61 words
A self-verifying article comprising: a surface, a first data set fixed upon said surface; and a second data set fixed upon said surface, said second data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set, wherein said second data set comprises biometric data and is configured as an optically readable code forming two matrix arrays.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The self-verifying article as set forth in claim 1 further comprising: a third data set fixed upon said article, said third data set comprising textual data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The self-verifying article as set forth in claim 5 further comprising: a fourth data set fixed upon said article, said fourth data set is an encoded copy of at least a portion of said third data set.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The self-verifying article as set forth in claim 6 wherein said second and fourth encoded data sets are combined together forming one machine-readable data set.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The self-verifying article as set forth in claim 1 wherein said second data set is fixed upon said article and is undetectable to the human-eye.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The self-verifying article as set forth in claim 1 wherein said article is a commercial instrument and said second data set includes an endorsement of the drawer/maker/owner of said commercial instrument.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
The self-verifying article as set forth in claim 1 wherein said article is a transaction card.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The self-verifying article as set forth in claim 1 wherein the article further comprises a first outer surface and a second outer surface wherein the second data set is formed as an array of voids between the outer surfaces of said article.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
A recipient-specific identification article comprising: a surface; and a machine-readable data set fixed upon said surface, said machine-readable data set including encoded biometric data configured as an optically readable code forming at least one matrix.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
A recipient-specific identification article comprising: a surface; and a machine-readable data set fixed upon said surface, said machine-readable data set including encoded biometric data configured as an optically readable code forming at least one matrix.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
The recipient-specific identification article as set forth in claim 12 wherein said fixed machine-readable data set is not detectable by an unaided human-eye.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The recipient-specific identification article as set forth in claim 12 wherein said article is a transaction card.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
The recipient-specific identification article as set forth in claim 12 wherein said article is a commercial instrument.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
34 words
The recipient-specific identification article as set forth in claim 12 further comprising a textual data set fixed upon said surface, wherein said machine-readable data set includes an encoded subset of said textual data set.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
26 words
The recipient-specific identification article as set forth in claim 16 wherein said machine-readable data set is configured as an optically readable binary code forming two matrices.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
30 words
The recipient-specific identification article as set forth in claim 17 wherein said encoded biometric data and said encoded subset of textual data are combined to form a single data set.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
31 words
The recipient-specific identification article as set forth in claim 18 wherein said encoded biometric data and said encoded subset of textual data are concatenated together to form said single data set.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
30 words
The recipient-specific identification article as set forth in claim 18 wherein said encoded biometric data and said encoded subset of textual data are interleaved to form said single data set.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
85 words
A self-verifying article comprising: a surface; first and second data sets; third and fourth data sets fixed upon said surface, said third data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set and said fourth data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said second data set, wherein said third and fourth encoded data sets are concatenated, forming one machine-readable data set which is encoded as at least two matrix arrays fixed to said surface.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
85 words
A self-verifying article comprising: a surface; first and second data sets; third and fourth data sets fixed upon said surface, said third data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set and said fourth data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said second data set, wherein said third and fourth encoded data sets are concatenated, forming one machine-readable data set which is encoded as at least two matrix arrays fixed to said surface.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
22 words
The self-verifying article of claim 21 wherein said first data set comprises biometric data and said second data set comprises textual data.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
85 words
A self-verifying article comprising: a surface; first and second data sets; third and fourth data sets fixed upon said surface, said third data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set and said fourth data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said second data set, wherein said third and fourth encoded data sets are interleaved forming one machine-readable data set which is encoded as at least two matrix arrays fixed to said surface.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
85 words
A self-verifying article comprising: a surface; first and second data sets; third and fourth data sets fixed upon said surface, said third data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set and said fourth data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said second data set, wherein said third and fourth encoded data sets are interleaved forming one machine-readable data set which is encoded as at least two matrix arrays fixed to said surface.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
22 words
The self-verifying article of claim 23 wherein said first data set comprises biometric data and said second data set comprises textual data.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
26 words
The self-verifying article of claim 23 wherein each of said matrix arrays comprises a checksum for verifying data integrity of each of said matrix arrays independently.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
26 words
The self-verifying article of claim 23 wherein each of said matrix arrays comprises a checksum for verifying data integrity of each of said matrix arrays collectively.
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