Notarizable electronic paper

• US 20080134324A1
• Filed: 10/30/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,734,354 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/21
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/64 Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/84 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/321 involving a third party or a trusted authority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3226 using a predetermined code, e.g. password, passphrase or PIN network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using passwords in a packet data network H04L63/083

Abstract

A system and method helps to control “read” and/or “write” access to electronic paper (e-paper). Informational data may be on a restricted portion of e-paper material that is protected by a security methodology accessible to authorized entities. Some embodiments maintain a record of access activity regarding the restricted portion, and a record of access activity regarding use of an item or product or service related to the e-paper informational data. Some implementations include an authorization listing of a party having a particular access privilege or authorization to make modifications to various restricted portions including an authentication region and a protected region. One possible aspect includes performing a verification analysis of data indicia in a restricted portion of the e-paper media. Additional possible system and process components may determine an authenticity status of the data indicia, and provide an output result.

Claims

1. An electronic paper device comprising:

a recordable medium with a plurality of regions including

a protected region accessible pursuant to authorization from a designated party responsible for the electronic paper device;

an authentication region for notary-type verification data; and

a non-protected region.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said protected region incorporates one or more of the following security schemes to prevent unauthorized access:

password, confidential user ID, personal identification number (PIN), unique access identity, coding scheme, cipher, key, algorithm, encryption, interface circuit disconnection, and interface circuit disablement.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said authentication region incorporates one or more of the following security schemes to prevent unauthorized access:

password, confidential user ID, personal identification number (PIN), unique access identity, coding scheme, cipher, key, algorithm, encryption, interface circuit disconnection, and interface circuit disablement.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein said protected region incorporates a security scheme to prevent unauthorized read or write or deletion or addition or alteration access.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein said authentication region incorporates a security scheme to prevent unauthorized read or write or deletion or addition or alteration access.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein said authentication region incorporates the security scheme that renders void the notary-type verification data in the event that unauthorized access is detected with respect to the protected region or the authentication region.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein said authentication region includes informational data that has unlimited read-access.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein said non-protected region includes one or more of the following:

informational data that has unlimited read-access;

informational data that has unlimited write-access; and

at least a portion that can accept modification of existing informational data.

10. A device of claim 1 wherein said authentication region includes a verification portion that is resistant to modification after entry of notary-type verification data.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein the verification portion includes a verification marking that is encoded or encrypted.

12. The device of claim 10 wherein the verification portion includes a verification marking provided by a third party notary-type entity.

13. The device of claim 10 wherein the verification portion includes visible verification data that is legible without any enhancement technique.

14. The device of claim 13 wherein the visible verification data includes one or more of the following:

verification marking, verification pattern, encoded data, encrypted data.

16. The device of claim 10 wherein the verification portion includes hidden verification data that is recognizable pursuant to a detection technique.

17. The device of claim 16 wherein the verification portion includes hidden verification indicia that can be viewed by using one or more of the following enhancement techniques:

illumination, optical exposure, viewing lens, temperature change, electrical current application, chemical treatment, conformance change, mechanical manipulation, and radiation,

18. The device of claim 10 wherein the verification portion overlaps at least part of the protected region.

19. The device of claim 18 wherein the verification portion include a verification marking that is at least partially combined with informational data in the protected region.

20. The device of claim 1 wherein said protected region includes one or more of the following types of informational data:

visible data, legible indicia, hidden indicia, encrypted data, encoded data, embedded data, product identity, model number, price information, service identity, document origin, label origin, data originator, originator information, owner identity, owner information, authorized party identity, product manufacturer, location of manufacture, product distributor, service provider, product batch, manufacture date, certification information, certification date, identify of certification entity, expiration date, warranty, legal notice, ingredients, usage instruction, usage warning, and legal notice.

21. The device of claim 20 wherein said protected region includes informational data related to a product or service associated with the electronic paper device.

22. The device of claim 20 wherein said protected region includes informational data that is intended to be fixed and not subject to deletion or alteration or addition.

23. The device of claim 20 wherein said protected region includes informational data that is capable of modification by an authorized party.

24. The device of claim 1 where said protected region includes multiple protected regions, each having different accessibility for writing data or for writing data.

26. The device of claim 1 wherein said non-protected region includes informational data for display and/or storage, which informational data is provided by one or more of the following:

the designated party responsible for the e-paper device;

a recipient of the e-paper device;

an originator of a product or service or item associated with the e-paper device;

a distributor of a product or service or item associated with the e-paper device;

a user of a product or service or item associated with the e-paper device.

27. The device of claim 1 wherein one or more of the following regions can accept informational data via wireless transmission for display and/or storage:

authentication region, protected region, non-protected region.

28. The device of claim 1 wherein one or more of the following regions can accept informational data from a printer:

authentication region, protected region, non-protected region.

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