System and method using information based indicia for securing and authenticating transactions
AssigneeSINT Holdings Limited Liability Company
InventorsPatrick Lincoln, Natarajan Shankar
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Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus for authenticating transactions and records is disclosed. A method for authenticating an information-based indicium includes receiving an article bearing a first identifier, wherein the first identifier substantially prevents a single user from accumulating multiple articles bearing the same first identifier, receiving a first digital certificate that is derived in part by encoding the first identifier, and comparing the first digital certificate and the first identifier to authenticate the information-based indicium.
Claims20
A method for authenticating an information-based indicium, the method comprising:
- receiving an article bearing a first identifier, wherein the first identifier substantially prevents a single user from accumulating multiple articles bearing the same first identifier;
- receiving a first digital certificate that is derived in part by encoding the first identifier;
- and
- comparing the first digital certificate and the first identifier to authenticate the information-based indicium.
A computer readable medium containing an executable program for authenticating an information-based indicium, where the program performs the steps of:
- receiving an article bearing a first identifier, wherein the first identifier substantially prevents a single user from accumulating multiple articles bearing the same first identifier;
- receiving a first digital certificate that is derived in part by encoding the first identifier;
- and
- comparing the first digital certificate and the first identifier to authenticate the information-based indicium.
A system for authenticating an information-based indicium, comprising:
- an article bearing a first identifier, the first identifier substantially preventing a single user from accumulating multiple articles bearing the same first identifier;
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- at least one computer adapted to receive the first identifier and to generate a first digital certificate that is derived at least in part by encoding the first identifier;
- wherein the article and first digital certificate may be collectively presented for authenticating the information-based indicium by comparing the first identifier to the first digital certificate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.