Schemes to validate and protect secure documents
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsDavid Wurmfeld, Steve Faletti
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Abstract
Aspects described herein may provide detection of a feature of an authorization code image (ACI) incorporated onto a document, thereby allowing for validation of the document. According to some aspects, these and other benefits may be achieved by an instance of a variable protocol that may specify how to generate the ACI to have a particular feature as well as how to detect the particular feature of the ACI. A recipient of the document incorporating the ACI may detect the particular feature of the ACI. If the detected feature matches an expected feature, then the ACI and the document may be determined to be authentic.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request for a document;
- determining an authorization code image (ACI) for the document, wherein the ACI comprises an image for validating the document;
- determining a size, a shape, and a placement of the ACI on the document;
- printing, based on the determined size and the determined shape, the ACI on the document with an ink and on the determined placement;
- and
- providing an indication of a property of the ink to a validator of the document, wherein the determined size, the determined shape, and the determined placement of the ACI are based on one or more of an intended recipient of the document or information associated with a customer requesting the document.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request for a document;
- determining an authorization code image (ACI) for the document based on an instance of a variable protocol for generating ACIs, wherein the ACI comprises an image for validating the document;
- determining, based on the instance of the variable protocol for generating ACIs, a size, a shape, and a placement of the ACI on the document;
- printing, based on the determined size and the determined shape, the ACI on the document on the determined placement;
- and
- sending information based on the instance of the variable protocol, wherein the information can be used by a third party to (a) develop the ACI on the document, (b) validate the document, or both (a) and (b), wherein the determined size, the determined shape, and the determined placement of the ACI are based on one or more of an intended recipient of the document or information associated with a customer that requests the document.
One or more non-transitory media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:
- receiving a request for a secure document;
- determining a date the request was received;
- determining a location associated with the request;
- determining information associated with a customer;
- determining, based on the determined date, the determined location, and the determined information associated with the customer, an authorization code image (ACI) for the secure document and a size, a shape, and a placement of the ACI on the secure document, wherein the ACI comprises an image for validating the secure document;
- printing, based on the determined size and the determined shape, the ACI on the secure document on the determined placement;
- and
- proviZding information regarding the ACI to a validator of the secure document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.