Identification document verification system
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a user to effect an action with respect to records pertaining to an identification document or document that has an identification function, including the steps of:
- associating a telephone number with the document;
the user establishing a communications link which identifies the telephone number;
verifying that the telephone number with which the communications link is established corresponds with the telephone number associated with the document; and
enabling the user to effect an action with respect to the records pertaining to the document only if the verification is successful.
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Abstract
A method for enabling a user to effect an action with respect to records pertaining to an identification document or document that has an identification function is provided. The method may include associating a telephone number with the document, the user establishing a communications link which identifies the telephone number, verifying that the telephone number with which the communications link is established corresponds with the telephone number associated with the document, and enabling the user to effect an action with respect to the records pertaining to the document only if the verification is successful.
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40 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a user to effect an action with respect to records pertaining to an identification document or document that has an identification function, including the steps of:
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associating a telephone number with the document;
the user establishing a communications link which identifies the telephone number;
verifying that the telephone number with which the communications link is established corresponds with the telephone number associated with the document; and
enabling the user to effect an action with respect to the records pertaining to the document only if the verification is successful. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 40)
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24. A system for enabling a user to effect an action with respect to records pertaining to an identification document or document that has an identification function, including:
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a network, within which the user is able to establish a communications link;
identifying means for identifying the telephone number with which a communications link is established;
verifying means for verifying that the telephone number corresponds with a telephone number associated with the document; and
means for enabling the user to effect an action with respect to records pertaining to the document only upon successful verification that the telephone number verified by the verifying means corresponds with the telephone number identified as the number with which a communications link was established. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for enabling a user to effect an action with respect to records pertaining to an identification document or document that has identification function, including the steps of:
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establishing a communications link; and
transmitting an instruction to effect an action with respect to records pertaining to the document over the communications link;
wherein the establishment of the communications link identifies the telephone number from which the link is established at the receiving end of said communications link, and wherein the user is only permitted to effect an action with respect to records pertaining to the document if the telephone number corresponds with a telephone number previously associated with the document. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. A method for enabling a user to effect an action with respect to records pertaining to an identification document or document that has an identification function, including the steps of:
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receiving credentials of the user including the telephone number from which the user has established a communications link; and
authorizing the user to effect an action with respect to the document only if the telephone number from which the communications link is established corresponds with a telephone number previously associated with the document. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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Specification