Method and system for transferring captured identification data in selectable formats suitable for different recipients

• US 7,802,721 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2009
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wilson Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Wilson Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Herren, Steven D., Wilson, Sidney Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Labaze; Edwyn
• Application Number:
  US12/351,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20090114720A1
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/487, 235/492, 235/451, 235/375, 705/23
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method and system include a data capture device and scan, record, and report (SRR) logic. The data capture device captures identification data from a card having identification data elements such that the captured identification data includes the identification data elements. The SRR logic receives the identification data and receives requests pertaining to the card from a user of the data capture device. The SRR logic selects a set of the identification data elements in response to a first request and transfers the first set of identification data elements with the first request to a first recipient responsible for handling the first request. The SRR logic selects a different set of the identification data elements in response to a second request and transfers the second set of identification data elements with the second request to a second recipient responsible for handling the second request.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a data capture device configured to capture identification data from a card having a plurality of identification data elements such that the identification data captured by the data capture device from the card includes the identification data elements; and

scan, record, and report (SRR) logic configured to receive the identification data from the data capture device and to receive service requests pertaining to the card from a user of the data capture device;

the SRR logic further configured to select a first set of the identification data elements of the identification data in response to receiving a first service request of a first type, format the first set of identification data elements according to a first predetermined format associated with a first recipient responsible for handling the first service request, and transfer the formatted first set of identification data elements along with the first service request to the first recipient responsible for handling the first service request;

the SRR logic further configured to select a second set of the identification data elements of the identification data different than the first set of identification data elements in response to receiving a second service request of a second type different than the first type, format the second set of identification data elements according to a second predetermined format associated with a second recipient responsible for handling the second service request, and transfer the formatted second set of identification data elements along with the second service request to the second recipient responsible for handling the second service request.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the data capture device includes an optical character recognition (OCR) scanner configured to capture identification data from the card.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the data capture device includes a magnetic reader configured to capture identification data from the card.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the data capture device includes a bar code reader configured to capture identification data from the card.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the card is a government-issued identification card.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the card is a driver license identification card.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the card is a credit card.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the SRR logic, the first recipient, and the second recipient are remotely located from one another;

wherein the SRR logic is configured to transfer the formatted first set of identification data elements along with the first service request over a communications network to the first recipient and is configured to transfer the formatted second set of identification data elements along with the second service request over the communication network to the second recipient.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein:

the first recipient is a personal data verification recipient and the first service request pertains to whether the identification data of the card is valid;

wherein the second recipient is a credit approval recipient and second service request pertains to whether the card has approval for satisfying a payment.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the SRR logic is further configured to receive a first response to the first service request from the first recipient and to receive a second response to the second service request from the second recipient.

11. A method comprising:

capturing identification data by a data capture device from a card having a plurality of identification data elements such that the captured identification data includes the identification data elements;

receiving by scan, record, and report (SRR) logic the captured identification data from the data capture device;

selecting by the SRR logic a first set of the identification data elements of the captured identification data in response to receiving a first service request pertaining to the card from a user of the data capture device, wherein the first service request is of a first type;

formatting by the SRR logic the first set of identification data elements according to a first predetermined format associated with a first recipient responsible for handling the first service request;

transferring the formatted first set of identification data elements along with the first service request from the SRR logic to the first recipient responsible for handling the first service request;

selecting by the SRR logic a second set of the identification data elements of the captured identification data different than the first set of identification data elements in response to receiving a second service request pertaining to the card from a user of the data capture device, wherein the second service request is of a second type different than the first type;

formatting by the SRR logic the second set of identification data elements according to a second predetermined format associated with a second recipient responsible for handling the second service request; and

transferring the formatted second set of identification data elements along with the second service request from the SRR logic to the second recipient responsible for handling the second service request.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein:

capturing identification data of the card includes optical character recognition (OCR) scanning of the card.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein:

capturing identification data of the card includes magnetic reading of the card.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein:

capturing identification data of the card includes bar code reading of the card.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein:

the card is a government-issued identification card.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein:

the card is a driver license identification card.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein:

the card is a credit card.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein:

transferring the formatted first set of identification data elements along with the first service request from the SRR logic to the first recipient includes communicating over a network between the SRR logic and the first recipient; and

transferring the formatted second set of identification data elements along with the second service request from the SRR logic to the second recipient includes communicating over a network between the SRR logic and the second recipient.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein:

the first recipient is a personal data verification recipient and the first service request pertains to whether the identification data of the card is valid;

wherein the second recipient is a credit approval recipient and second service request pertains to whether the card has approval for satisfying a payment.

20. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving by the SRR logic a first response to the first service request from the first recipient; and

receiving by the SRR logic a second response to the second service request from the second recipient.