Unalterable self-verifying articles
First Claim
1. A self-verifying article comprising:
- a surface;
a first data set fixed upon said surface; and
a second data set fixed upon said surface, said second data set being all encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set and being configured as an optically readable code forming at least one matrix array having a perimeter and alternating black and white symbols alone said perimeter.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods, systems and articles of manufacture for creating and authenticating self-verifying articles. Self-verifying articles include, for example, commercial instruments (i.e., notes, drafts, checks, bearer paper, etc.), transaction cards (i.e., ATM cards, calling cards, credit cards, etc.), personal identification documents (i.e., driver'"'"'s licenses, passports, personal identification papers, etc.) and labels affixed to package surfaces for identification of the package owner or sender, which, for example, may be used for verifying imported goods by customs agents. Self-verifying article creation includes receiving recipient-specific data, encoding a first selected subset of the recipient-specific data and fixing the encoded subset along with other human-recognizable data on a surface of an article. Self-verifying article authentication includes scanning a surface to locate an encoded first data set, decoding the first data set and comparing the decoded first data set with a control data set, which may also be fixed upon the surface, to determine the authenticity of the received self-verifying article.
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26 Claims
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1. A self-verifying article comprising:
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a surface; a first data set fixed upon said surface; and a second data set fixed upon said surface, said second data set being all encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set and being configured as an optically readable code forming at least one matrix array having a perimeter and alternating black and white symbols alone said perimeter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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4. A self-verifying article comprising:
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a surface, a first data set fixed upon said surface; and a second data set fixed upon said surface, said second data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set, wherein said second data set comprises biometric data and is configured as an optically readable code forming two matrix arrays.
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12. A recipient-specific identification article comprising:
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a surface; and a machine-readable data set fixed upon said surface, said machine-readable data set including encoded biometric data configured as an optically readable code forming at least one matrix. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A self-verifying article comprising:
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a surface; first and second data sets; third and fourth data sets fixed upon said surface, said third data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set and said fourth data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said second data set, wherein said third and fourth encoded data sets are concatenated, forming one machine-readable data set which is encoded as at least two matrix arrays fixed to said surface. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A self-verifying article comprising:
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a surface; first and second data sets; third and fourth data sets fixed upon said surface, said third data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said first data set and said fourth data set being an encoded copy of at least a portion of said second data set, wherein said third and fourth encoded data sets are interleaved forming one machine-readable data set which is encoded as at least two matrix arrays fixed to said surface. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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