Secure personal RFID documents and method of use
First Claim
1. A secure document containing:
- a flexible substrate having a surface, the surface visibly presenting information; and
an integrated circuit coupled with the substrate, the integrated circuit including;
a durable memory, the durable memory storing a 1st digital code and a 2nd digital code, wherein the 1st digital code is related to a life factor, and 2nd digital code is not readable from the durable memory, and whereby certification for the authentication and/or accuracy of the secure document is based at least partly on the 1st digital code or 2nd digital code stored within the integrated circuit.
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Abstract
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an RFID tag attached to a document as a means for third parties to ascertain a document is not counterfeit and has not been revoked or changed.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 addition, such intelligent RFID tags can uniquely identify a particular document and data related to the document. The authenticating agency can utilize a public or private Electronic Product Code database as a means for the authenticating agency and third parties to authenticate documents and data in documents. The intelligent interactive Electronic Product Code can be used as an anti counterfeit mechanism enabling third parties requested to provide services, benefits or monetary payments to authenticate documents and or the data associated with the document is not counterfeit.
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26 Claims
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1. A secure document containing:
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a flexible substrate having a surface, the surface visibly presenting information; and
an integrated circuit coupled with the substrate, the integrated circuit including;
a durable memory, the durable memory storing a 1st digital code and a 2nd digital code, wherein the 1st digital code is related to a life factor, and 2nd digital code is not readable from the durable memory, and whereby certification for the authentication and/or accuracy of the secure document is based at least partly on the 1st digital code or 2nd digital code stored within the integrated circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A secure document containing:
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a flexible substrate having a surface, the surface visibly presenting information; and
an integrated circuit coupled with the substrate, the integrated circuit including;
a durable memory, the durable memory storing a 1st digital code and a 2nd digital code, wherein the 1st digital code is related to a life factor, and 2nd digital code is not readable from the durable memory, and whereby certification for the authentication and/or accuracy of the secure document is based at least partly on the 1st digital code or 2nd digital code stored within the integrated circuit, wherein the 2nd digital code is used to control access to the secure document and the 1st digital code, and wherein the 2nd digital code, once it is initially written into, or initially read from, the secure document, is never transmitted to or from the secure document again
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7. A system for providing secure documentation, the system including,
a document containing personal identification information, or “ - PII”
, wherein the PII is modified upon direct evidence of a life event, the life event selected from the group consisting of crossing a geographic border of a political jurisdiction, a birth of a human being, a death of a human being, a marriage, a divorce, a change in marital status, an adoption of a human being, a transition in military service status of a specific human being, a transition in health condition of a human being, a graduation of a human being from an educational organization, and an act of legal significance related to a human being;
an information technology system for periodically associating an identity of a specific human being to the document via at least one bio-metric measurement; and
a security system for recording a personal identification number, or “
PIN”
, on the document and the security system protecting the PIN from unauthorized reading from the document.
- PII”
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8. A system for providing secure documentation, the system comprising:
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a primary document containing a primary personal identification number, or “
PIN”
, wherein the PIN that is related to a life event and a biometric measurement;
the life event selected from the group consisting of crossing a geographic border of a political jurisdiction, a birth of a human being, a death of a human being, a marriage, a divorce, a change in marital status, an adoption of a human being, a transition in military service status of a human being, a transition in health condition of a human being, a graduation of a human being from an educational organization, and an act of legal significance related to a human being;
the biometric event selected from the group consisting of a biometric pattern, a DNA sequence, a photograph of a human being, a measurement of a part of the body of a human being, and a plurality of measurements of the body of a human being;
at least one secondary document containing at least one secondary digital code, wherein the secondary digital code is associated with the primary document, and wherein the primary document and secondary digital code are permanently associable with each other, and whereby a change in the primary or secondary document may automatically update a plurality of documents that are linked to either the primary or the secondary document. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A secure documentation system, the system comprising:
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means for printing information onto a surface of a flexible substrate;
an integrated circuit coupled with the flexible substrate, the integrated circuit having a first memory element and a second memory element;
the first memory element storing personal information related to a human being; and
the second memory element storing information, the information useful for associating the flexible substrate to other documents. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for life events record authentication, the system comprising:
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a document having a flexible substrate and an integrated circuit, the flexible substrate having a surface, the surface visibly presenting information;
the integrated circuit coupled with the substrate, the integrated circuit including;
a durable memory containing a first information and at least one secret key, wherein the first information is related to information selected from the group consisting of crossing a geographic border of a political jurisdiction, a birth of a human being, a death of a human being, a marriage, a divorce, a change in marital status, an adoption of a human being, a transition in military service status of a human being, a transition in health condition of a human being, a graduation of a human being from an educational organization, an act of legal significance related to a human being, a biometric pattern, a DNA sequence, a photograph of a human being, a measurement of a part of the body of a human being, and a plurality of measurements of the body of a human being, wherein an authentication of the document is based at least partly on the at least one secret key;
wherein access to the first information requires the use of the secret key; and
wherein the secret key may be communicated by private means from a first agency to a second agency and the secret key may be used to delegate authority from the first authority to the second authority. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for certifying certain life events including:
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a document having a flexible substrate and an integrated circuit, the flexible substrate having a surface, the surface visibly presenting information;
the integrated circuit coupled with the substrate, the integrated circuit including;
a durable memory containing a personal information related to a human being, a first secret key, and at least a second secret key, wherein the personal information may include life event information selected from the group consisting of crossing a geographic border of a political jurisdiction, a birth of a human being, a death of a human being, a marriage, a divorce, a change in marital status, an adoption of a human being, a transition in military service status of a human being, a transition in health condition of a human being, a graduation of a human being from an educational organization, an act of legal significance related to a human being, wherein the personal information may include biometric information;
selected from the group consisting of a biometric pattern, a DNA sequence, a photograph of a human being, a measurement of a part of the body of a human being, and a plurality of measurements of the body of a human being, wherein the personal information may also include information linking to or associating this document with other personal documents;
wherein access to a first portion of the personal information requires the use of a first secret key, and access to the second information requires the use of the second secret key;
wherein the personal information and secret keys may be securely communicated from a first agency to a second agency and the secret keys may be used to delegate authority from the first authority to the second authority. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A secure documentation system, the system comprising:
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means for printing information onto a surface of a flexible substrate;
an integrated circuit coupled with the flexible substrate, the integrated circuit having a first memory element and a second memory element;
the first memory element storing personal information;
first personal information including both a birth record and biometric information linked to the birth record, the second memory element storing a secret digital code to control access to said personal information.
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22. A process for providing secure personal documents, the process comprising:
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fabricating an integrated circuit having a durable memory;
coupling the integrated circuit to flexible substrate;
writing personal information into the integrated circuit;
writing a secret code into or reading a secret code out of said integrated circuit; and
using the secret code to control access to personal information but never again transmitting the secret code to or reading the secret code from the integrated circuit. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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