Systems and methods for generating, reading and transferring identifiers

• US 7,427,018 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2005
• Issued: 09/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Labels That Talk, Ltd
• Original Assignee: Kenneth A. Berkun
• Inventors: Berkun, Kenneth A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Labaze; Edwyn
• Application Number:
  US11/197,754
• Publication Number:
  US 20060249573A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,146 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/375, 235/487, 235/462.1, 235/462.45, 235/472.01, 235/472.02
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10722 Photodetector array or CCD scanning

Abstract

Systems and methods for generating, reading and transferring identifiers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a handheld system for associating a selected audio content with an object includes an identifier applied to a surface of the object and having a predetermined graphical format that is configured to encode the selected audio content, and a handheld device operable to encode the identifier and further operable to detect an audio content associated with the identifier.

Claims

1. A method of verifying an identity of an individual, comprising:

producing an identifier that encodes and contains a first selected audio content received from the individual;

applying the identifier having the encoded first selected audio content to an identification article assigned to the individual;

acquiring a second selected audio content from the individual; and

comparing the first selected audio content to the second selected audio content to verify the identity of the individual.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein producing the identifier further comprises providing the first selected audio content to a handheld device operable to encode the identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the identifier further comprises reading the identifier with a handheld device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring a second selected audio content from the individual further comprises providing the second selected audio content to a handheld device operable to encode the identifier.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the transferring the first selected audio content and the second selected audio content to a voice recognition device further comprises communicating the first selected audio content and the second selected audio content to a computer having voice recognition software.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the first selected audio content to the second selected audio content further comprises transferring the first selected audio content and the second selected audio content to a voice recognition device operable to make the comparison.