Notarizable electronic paper

• US 8,281,142 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Issued: 10/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barron, Jr., Gilberto
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nobahar, Abdulhakim
• Application Number:
  US11/982,447
• Publication Number:
  US 20080148396A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,798 Days
• Field of Search: 713/176, 713/178, 713/168, 726/2, 726/21, 726/26, 726/27, 726/30, 726/4, 726/17, 235/375, 235/382, 235/383, 705/50, 705/64, 705/67, 705/76
• US Class Current: 713/179
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/64 Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures

Abstract

A system and method helps to control “read” and/or “write” access to electronic paper (e-paper). Informational data may be on a restricted portion of e-paper material that is protected by a security methodology accessible to authorized entities. Some embodiments maintain a record of access activity regarding the restricted portion, and a record of access activity regarding use of an item or product or service related to the e-paper informational data. Some implementations include an authorization listing of a party having a particular access privilege or authorization to make modifications to various restricted portions including an authentication region and a protected region. One possible aspect includes performing a verification analysis of data indicia in a restricted portion of the e-paper media. Additional possible system and process components may determine an authenticity status of the data indicia, and provide an output result.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material;

disenabling circuitry for conditionally disenabling writing to the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material in response to a final writing indication;

obtaining circuitry for obtaining upon authorization of one or more entities the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material; and

processing circuitry for processing the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material including performing one or more verification analyses with respect to the authentication information to evaluate authenticity of the data indicia and providing one or more results of the one or more verification analyses.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having encoded authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having digital signature type information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having notary-type information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information of at least one authentication portion of the at least one electronic paper material and data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information visibly associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having displayed authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with visible data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

at least one electronic paper material having at least one coupling link with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

at least one electronic paper material physically associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

at least one electronic paper label associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic paper material associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

at least one electronic paper document associated with at least one item and having authentication information associated with data indicia of at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the obtaining circuitry for obtaining upon authorization of one or more entities the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

obtaining circuitry for obtaining wirelessly and upon authorization of one or more entities the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the obtaining circuitry for obtaining upon authorization of one or more entities the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

obtaining circuitry for obtaining via one or more scans and upon authorization of one or more entities the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the obtaining circuitry for obtaining upon authorization of one or more entities the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

obtaining circuitry for obtaining upon request and upon authorization of one or more entities the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the obtaining circuitry for obtaining upon authorization of one or more entities the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material comprises:

obtaining circuitry for obtaining upon one or more specified events and upon authorization of one or more entities the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry for processing the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material including performing one or more verification analyses with respect to the authentication information to evaluate authenticity of the data indicia and providing one or more results of the one or more verification analyses comprises:

processing circuitry for (i) processing the authentication information associated with the data indicia of the at least one restricted portion of the at least one electronic paper material including performing one or more verification analyses with respect to the authentication information to evaluate authenticity of the data indicia and providing one or more results of the one or more verification analyses and (ii) evaluating one or more coupling links.

18. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting circuitry for substantially persistently outputting for display the one or more results of the one or more verification analyses.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting circuitry for outputting for display under one or more specified conditions the one or more results of the one or more verification analyses.

20. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting circuitry for transmitting the one or more results of the one or more verification analyses for display.

21. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting circuitry for transmitting wirelessly the one or more results of the one or more verification analyses for display.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the disenabling circuitry, the obtaining circuitry, and the processing circuitry are incorporated with the at least one electronic paper material.

23. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling circuitry for conditionally enabling access with respect to the at least one item.