Verification method for web-delivered materials
First Claim
1. A method of correlating a purchaser of an electronically-purchased item (“
- EPI”
) with the EPI, said EPI to be subsequently received by said purchaser, comprising;
a purchasing step, wherein purchaser-related financial and digital certificate information is transferred to a seller of said EPI and verification-related digital certificate information is transferred to said purchaser; and
a verification step, wherein said purchaser and said EPI are correlated by requiring said purchaser to provide said verification-related digital certificate information before receiving said EPI and by electronically comparing said verification-related digital certificate information with said EPI.
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Abstract
A digital certificate stored on a smart card is used to facilitate the encoding of a key printed as a bar-code (or other readable indicia) on an item to be delivered to the purchaser or the purchaser'"'"'s designee. When the purchaser or purchaser'"'"'s designee attempts to receive the item, the smart card must be presented for correlation with the readable indicia associated with the item as a result of the purchase. The same digital certificate from the smart card must be used to validate the encrypted information associated with the item, so that only the person holding the smart card used at the time of purchase can obtain the item. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention is used in connection with the purchase of tickets redeemable for an event.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of correlating a purchaser of an electronically-purchased item (“
- EPI”
) with the EPI, said EPI to be subsequently received by said purchaser, comprising;
a purchasing step, wherein purchaser-related financial and digital certificate information is transferred to a seller of said EPI and verification-related digital certificate information is transferred to said purchaser; and
a verification step, wherein said purchaser and said EPI are correlated by requiring said purchaser to provide said verification-related digital certificate information before receiving said EPI and by electronically comparing said verification-related digital certificate information with said EPI. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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12. A method of correlating a purchased item to be picked up by a purchaser with the purchaser of the item, comprising the steps of:
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transferring indicia of verification-related digital certificate information to the purchased item;
requiring said purchaser to present said verification-related digital certificate information upon picking up said item; and
correlating said purchased item with the purchaser of the item by electronically comparing said verification-related digital certificate information presented by said purchaser with said indicia.
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13. A method of correlating a purchased redeemable ticket (PRD) with the purchaser of the redeemable ticket, comprising:
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a purchasing step, wherein purchaser-related financial and digital certificate information is transferred to a seller of said PRD and verification-related digital certificate information is transferred to said purchaser; and
a verification step, wherein said purchaser and said PRD are correlated by requiring said purchaser to provide said verification-related digital certificate information before receiving said PRD and by electronically comparing said verification-related digital certificate information with said PRD.
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