Linking documents through digital watermarking
First Claim
1. A method of linking a first document to at least a second document, the first document comprising a first digital watermark including a first identifier, said method comprising:
- decoding the first digital watermark to obtain the first identifier;
providing a second identifier, wherein the second identifier is related to the first identifier; and
embedding in the second document a second digital watermark including the second identifier.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to linking documents through digital watermarking. In one implementation, an identification document is embedded with a first digital watermark. The first digital watermark includes a first identifier. Before issuing a second document, like a boarding pass or ticket, the first identifier is extracted from the identification document. The first identifier is manipulated or altered to produce a second identifier. The second identifier, however, remains related to the first identifier. The second document is embedded with a second digital watermark including the second identifier. Thus, the identification document and the second document are linked through the first and second watermark identifiers.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of linking a first document to at least a second document, the first document comprising a first digital watermark including a first identifier, said method comprising:
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decoding the first digital watermark to obtain the first identifier;
providing a second identifier, wherein the second identifier is related to the first identifier; and
embedding in the second document a second digital watermark including the second identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12)
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10. A method of providing security for an printed document, said method comprising the steps of:
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linking an identification document to the printed document, said linking comprising;
obtaining a first identifier from machine-readable indicia carried by the identification document;
providing a second identifier, the second identifier being related to the first identifier; and
printing the printed document, the printed document including the second identifier in the form of machine-readable indicia; and
determining whether the identification document and the printed document are linked by verifying that the first identifier and the second identifier are related. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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