Secure currency
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1. A secure document, comprising:
- a pliable fabric comprising human-readable information;
a memory attached to the pliable fabric in which machine-readable information about the secure document is stored; and
an interface attached to the pliable fabric and coupled to the memory that, when a reader device reads the secure document, transmits at least a portion of the machine-readable information stored in the memory to the reader device, wherein the machine-readable information includes data of plural transactions in which the secure document was previously used;
wherein the secure document is a secure item of currency.
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Abstract
A secure document comprises a pliable fabric comprising human-readable information. The secure document further comprises a memory attached to the pliable fabric in which machine-readable information about the secure document is stored. The secure document further comprises an interface attached to the pliable fabric and coupled to the memory that, when a reader device reads the secure document, transmits at least a portion of the machine-readable information stored in the memory to the reader device.
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30 Claims
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1. A secure document, comprising:
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a pliable fabric comprising human-readable information; a memory attached to the pliable fabric in which machine-readable information about the secure document is stored; and an interface attached to the pliable fabric and coupled to the memory that, when a reader device reads the secure document, transmits at least a portion of the machine-readable information stored in the memory to the reader device, wherein the machine-readable information includes data of plural transactions in which the secure document was previously used;
wherein the secure document is a secure item of currency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A item of currency, comprising:
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a pliable fabric comprising human-readable currency information; and a security module comprising; a memory attached to the pliable fabric in which machine-readable currency information and authentication information are stored; and a radio frequency interface attached to the pliable fabric and coupled to the memory; and wherein the authentication information indicates whether a radio frequency reader device is authorize to communicate with the currency so data can be read from and written to the memory;
wherein the machine-readable information includes data of plural transaction in which the item of currency was previously used. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A item of currency, comprising:
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a fabric; and a security module attached to the fabric, wherein the security module comprises a memory in which information about the item of currency is stored and an ink reservoir in which ink is stored; and wherein when the security module receives a predetermined command, the security module releases the ink stored in the ink reservoir in order to mark the fabric. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A item of currency, comprising:
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a pliable fabric having human-readable currency information; a memory; an interface for communicating with a reader device; and a security module that authenticates the reader device in order to authorize data to be written to and read from the memory;
wherein the memory comprises machine-readable information including data of plural transaction in which the item of currency was previously used. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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