HIGH-VALUE DOCUMENT AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A computer-implemented method for generating a certified version of a document, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a document generator, a document certification request having document data from a remote device, wherein said obtained document data comprises overt data and covert data;
generating, by said document generator, a barcode having an overtly readable barcode portion based on said overt data and a covertly readable barcode portion based on said covert data, wherein said covertly readable barcode portion is unreadable to a conventional barcode reader suitable to read said overtly readable barcode portion; and
incorporating said generated barcode with the document to form a certified document.
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Abstract
Provided herein are systems and methods for providing document certification and authentication using 2D barcodes.
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1. A computer-implemented method for generating a certified version of a document, the method comprising:
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obtaining, by a document generator, a document certification request having document data from a remote device, wherein said obtained document data comprises overt data and covert data; generating, by said document generator, a barcode having an overtly readable barcode portion based on said overt data and a covertly readable barcode portion based on said covert data, wherein said covertly readable barcode portion is unreadable to a conventional barcode reader suitable to read said overtly readable barcode portion; and incorporating said generated barcode with the document to form a certified document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method for authenticating a certified version of a document, the method comprising:
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requesting, by a barcode reader, to scan the certified document having a barcode with an overtly readable barcode portion based on overt data and a covertly readable barcode portion based on covert data, wherein said covertly readable barcode portion is unreadable to a conventional barcode reader suitable to read said overtly readable barcode portion; obtaining, by said barcode reader from an authentication server, a covert scan key associated with the certified document; scanning, by said barcode reader using said covert scan key, said covertly readable barcode portion in the certified document; identifying said covert data in said scanned covertly readable barcode portion; and authenticating the certified document using said covert data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-implemented method for tracking a certified version of a document, the method comprising:
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obtaining, by an authentication server, a document authentication request from a remote scanning device for the certified document, wherein the certified document includes encrypted document data encoded into a barcode, said barcode having an overtly readable barcode portion based on overt data and an encrypted covertly readable barcode portion based on covert data that is unreadable to a conventional barcode reader suitable to read said overtly readable barcode portion; identifying, by said authentication server, an encryption key associated with encrypted covertly readable barcode portion of said barcode and responsive to said document authentication request, transmitting said identified encryption key to said remote scanning device; obtaining, by said authentication server from said remote scanning device, said barcode with document data; identifying, by said authentication server, the certified document based on said obtained document data; recording said document authentication request by said remote scanning device with a tracking record associated with the certified document. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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