Transaction recordal system

• US 8,096,466 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2010
• Issued: 01/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Walsh, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US12/789,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20100237145A1
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 713/165, 726/29, 380/54, 235/379, 235/380, 235/454, 235/487, 235/435, 705/67, 340/5.86, 382/135, 382/317
• US Class Current: 235/379
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/105 involving programming of a portable memory device, e.g. IC cards, "electronic purses"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/367 involving electronic purses or money safes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0185 Product, service or business identity fraud
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/004 using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/20 Manipulating the length of blocks of bits, e.g. padding or block truncation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/805 Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A system for recording a transaction relating to a security document, the security document having disposed thereon or therein coded data including a number of coded data portions. Each coded data portion is indicative of at least an identity of the security document. The system includes a computer system that receives indicating data from a sensing device, in response to sensing of the coded data. The computer system determines the identity of the security document and the transaction and uses this to update transaction data indicative of the identity of the security document and the transaction.

Claims

1. A system for recording a transaction relating to a security document, the security document having disposed thereon or therein coded data including a plurality of coded data portions, each coded data portion being indicative of at least an identity of the security document and part of a signature, the signature being a digital signature of at least part of the identity, the system including a computer system for:

receiving indicating data from a sensing device, the sensing device being responsive to sensing of the coded data to generate indicating data at least partially indicative of;

the identity of the security document;

the part of the signature; and

,

the transaction;

determining, from the indicating data, a determined identity and at least one determined signature part;

authenticating the security document using the determined identity and the at least one determined signature part; and

updating, using the received indicating data, transaction data stored in a data store, the transaction data being indicative of;

the identity of the security document; and

,

the transaction.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein the transaction data is indicative of at least one of:

a transaction type including at least one of;

point of sale transaction;

deposit transaction; and

,

withdrawal transaction;

transaction details;

identities of parties involved in the transaction;

a transaction amount;

a location of the transaction; and

,

a location of the sensing device.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein the computer system is configured to:

approve the transaction; and

,

in response to a successful approval;

cause the transaction to be performed; and

,

update the transaction data.

4. A system according to claim 2, wherein the computer system is configured to approve the transaction by at least one of:

authenticating the security document using the indicating data; and

,

comparing the transaction to at least one predetermined criterion.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein the computer system includes a display for displaying at least one of:

an indication of approval of the transaction;

results of authentication of the security document;

results of a comparison of the transaction to at least one predetermined criterion; and

,

transaction data.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein the signature is a digital signature of at least part of the identity and at least part of predetermined padding, the padding being at least one of:

a predetermined number; and

,

a random number.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein the entire signature is encoded within a plurality of coded data portions and wherein the system includes the sensing device configured to sense a number of coded data portions to thereby determine the entire signature.

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein the coded data includes a plurality of layouts, each layout defining the position of a plurality of first symbols encoding the identity, and a plurality of second symbols defining at least part of the signature.

9. A system according to claim 1, wherein the coded data is substantially invisible to an unaided human.

10. A system according to claim 1, wherein the coded data is printed on the surface using at least one of:

an invisible ink; and

,

an infrared-absorptive ink.

11. A system according to claim 1, wherein the coded data is provided substantially coincident with visible human-readable information.

12. A system according to claim 1, wherein at least some of the coded data portions encode at least one of:

a location of the respective coded data portion;

a position of the respective coded data portion on the surface;

a size of the coded data portions;

a size of a signature;

an identity of a signature part; and

,

units of indicated locations.

13. A system according to claim 1, wherein the coded data includes at least one of:

redundant data;

data allowing error correction;

Reed-Solomon data; and

,

Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) data.

14. A system according to claim 1, wherein the digital signature includes at least one of:

a random number associated with the identity;

a keyed hash of at least the identity;

a keyed hash of at least the identity produced using a private key, and verifiable using a corresponding public key;

cipher-text produced by encrypting at least the identity;

cipher-text produced by encrypting at least the identity and a random number; and

,

cipher-text produced using a private key, and verifiable using a corresponding public key.

15. A system according to claim 1, wherein the security document is at least one of:

a currency note;

a check;

a credit or debit card;

a redeemable ticket, voucher, or coupon;

a lottery ticket or instant win ticket; and

,

an identity card or document, such as a driver'"'"'s license or passport.

16. A system according to claim 1, wherein the identity is indicative of at least one of:

a currency note attribute including at least one of;

currency;

issue country;

denomination;

note side;

printing works; and

serial number;

a check attribute including at least one of;

currency;

issuing institution;

account number;

serial number;

expiry date;

check value; and

limit;

a card attribute including at least one of;

card type;

issuing institution;

account number;

issue date;

expiry date; and

limit.

17. A system according to claim 1, wherein the coded data is arranged in accordance with at least one layout having n-fold rotational symmetry, where n is at least two, the layout including n identical sub-layouts rotated 1/n revolutions apart about a centre of rotation, at least one sub-layout including rotation-indicating data that distinguishes that sub-layout from each other sub-layout.

18. A system according to claim 1, wherein the coded data is arranged in accordance with at least one layout having n-fold rotational symmetry, where n is at least two, the layout encoding orientation-indicating data comprising a sequence of an integer multiple m of n symbols, where m is one or more, each encoded symbol being distributed at n locations about a centre of rotational symmetry of the layout such that decoding the symbols at each of the n orientations of the layout produces n representations of the orientation-indicating data, each representation comprising a different cyclic shift of the orientation-indicating data and being indicative of the degree of rotation of the layout.