Alert options for electronic-paper verification
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1. A method for providing verification status for an e-paper document having an electronically written image associated with an item, comprising:
- scanning the image and encrypted or encoded data indicia included in the image on the e-paper document;
making a validation determination using the encrypted or encoded data indicia to determine whether the image has been altered; and
providing a status output based on a result obtained by the validation determination, wherein said providing the status output includes;
providing an alert associated with at least one of the one or more types of encrypted or encoded data indicia,providing the alert on the e-paper document and/or on the associated item or product or container or package,maintaining an ongoing detectable alert output for a given period of time,providing an ongoing detectable “
warning”
status alert output if a result of the validation determination indicates the encrypted or encoded data indicia has been altered, anddisplaying an unalterable detectable “
warning”
status alert output.
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Abstract
A system and method to control the writing on electronic paper (e-paper). An e-paper device may incorporate authentication indicia as part of informational data written on e-paper material. The informational data is protected by a security methodology that is accessible to authorized entities. A reader device may be used to help make a verification determination of whether encrypted or encoded data has been altered. In some instances an output alert operably coupled to the reader device serves as a verification status indicator.
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1. A method for providing verification status for an e-paper document having an electronically written image associated with an item, comprising:
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scanning the image and encrypted or encoded data indicia included in the image on the e-paper document; making a validation determination using the encrypted or encoded data indicia to determine whether the image has been altered; and providing a status output based on a result obtained by the validation determination, wherein said providing the status output includes; providing an alert associated with at least one of the one or more types of encrypted or encoded data indicia, providing the alert on the e-paper document and/or on the associated item or product or container or package, maintaining an ongoing detectable alert output for a given period of time, providing an ongoing detectable “
warning”
status alert output if a result of the validation determination indicates the encrypted or encoded data indicia has been altered, anddisplaying an unalterable detectable “
warning”
status alert output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for indicating a verification status of an e-paper document having an electronically written image related to an associated item, comprising:
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a sensor device for scanning encrypted or encoded information included in the image incorporated in the e-paper document; a processor unit for performing a security validation on the encrypted or encoded information to determine whether the image has been altered; and an alert indicator on the e-paper document that provides a first output responsive to the security validation performed by said processor unit, wherein the first output is associated with at least one of the one or more types of encrypted or encoded data indicia, wherein the first output is provided on the e-paper document and/or on the associated item or product or container or package, wherein the first output is maintained as an ongoing detectable alert output for a given period of time, wherein the first output is provided as an ongoing detectable “
warning”
status alert output if a result of the validation determination indicates the encrypted or encoded data indicia has been altered, and wherein the first output is displayed an unalterable detectable “
warning”
status alert output. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer program product comprising:
a computer-readable recordable medium bearing program instructions configured to perform a process that associates information in a computer system, the process including scanning one or more types of encrypted or encoded data indicia on an e-paper document having an electronically written image associated with an item or product or container or package, making a validation determination using the encrypted or encoded data indicia to determine whether the image has been altered, and providing a status output based on a result obtained by the validation determination, wherein said providing the status output includes; providing an alert associated with at least one of the one or more types of encrypted or encoded data indicia, providing the alert on the e-paper document and/or on the associated item or product or container or package, maintaining an ongoing detectable alert output for a given period of time, providing an ongoing detectable “
warning”
status alert output if a result of the validation determination indicates the encrypted or encoded data indicia has been altered, anddisplaying an unalterable detectable “
warning”
status alert output.- View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for providing verification status for an e-paper document associated with an item, comprising:
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periodically monitoring encrypted or encoded data indicia on the e-paper document; detecting an unauthorized alteration to the encrypted or encoded data indicia; and generating an automatic status output alert based on a result obtained by said detecting, wherein the generating the automatic status output includes; providing an alert associated with at least one of the one or more types of encrypted or encoded data indicia, providing the alert on the e-paper document and/or on the associated item or product or container or package, maintaining an ongoing detectable alert output for a given period of time, providing an ongoing detectable “
warning”
status alert output if a result of the validation determination indicates the encrypted or encoded data indicia has been altered, anddisplaying an unalterable detectable “
warning”
status alert output. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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