Identification means with encrypted security code and method of making and using same
First Claim
1. Machine readable coded means, comprising:
- (a) a first decipherable code containing first information encrypted according to a standard symbology;
(b) a second decipherable code containing second information encrypted according to a unique symbology, said second information including at least a portion of said first information;
(c) said first decipherable code being decipherable with either a standard decoding reader or a unique decoding reader; and
(d) said second decipherable code being decipherable only with said unique decoding reader.
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Abstract
In a preferred embodiment, an identification code having therein both general information which is encrypted using standards symbologies and security information which is encrypted using a unique symbology. In the case of bar codes, the bar code may include two separate sets of bars. One set of bars may include basic information, for example an employee'"'"'s identification number, encrypted using standard symbologies which may be read in any standard reader. The other set of bars includes security information which is encrypted using a unique symbology which can be read only in a special reader and which is meaningless to a standard bar code reader or bar code duplicator. Thus, where security is a factor, the special readers would be provided; but, where security is not a factor, the basic identification could be read by any standard reader.
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20 Claims
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1. Machine readable coded means, comprising:
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(a) a first decipherable code containing first information encrypted according to a standard symbology; (b) a second decipherable code containing second information encrypted according to a unique symbology, said second information including at least a portion of said first information; (c) said first decipherable code being decipherable with either a standard decoding reader or a unique decoding reader; and (d) said second decipherable code being decipherable only with said unique decoding reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of making machine readable coded means, comprising:
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(a) providing a substrate; (b) providing on said substrate a first decipherable code containing first information encrypted according to a standard symbology, said first decipherable code being decipherable with either a standard decoding reader or a unique decoding reader; and c) providing on said substrate a second decipherable code containing second information encrypted according to a unique symbology, said second information including at least a portion of said first information said second decipherable code being decipherable only with said unique decoding reader. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing security, comprising:
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(a) providing machine readable coded means, comprising; (a) a first decipherable code containing first information encrypted according to a standard symbology, said first decipherable code being readable by standard control means or unique control means; (b) a second decipherable code containing second information encrypted according to a unique symbology, said second information including at least a portion of said first information, said second decipherable code being readable only by said unique control means; (b) providing said unique control means, said unique control means permitting or denying security access depending on the information content of said second decipherable code; and (c) reading said machine readable coded means with said unique control means, thereby to permit or deny security access. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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