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US 2014/0279516 A1Published application
Authenticating a physical device
OwnerNicholas Rellas, Justin Robinson +3inventors
InventorsNicholas Rellas, Justin Robinson, Spencer Frazier, Theodore Kuklinski, Brandon Currul
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Abstract
Among other things, a physical device is determined to be validly issued by a party that issues physical devices that include security features. At least a portion of a photographic or video image of the physical device is processed automatically to determine if the physical device includes at least one of the security features.
Claims52
A method comprising
- determining whether a physical device was validly issued by a party that issues physical devices that comprise security features, the determining comprising automatically processing at least a portion of a photographic or video image of the physical device to determine if the physical device comprises at least one of the security features.
A method comprising
- determining whether an individual identified by a physical identification device is associated with a mobile device that is identified by a unique token, the determining comprising
- deriving identification information from at least a portion of a photographic or video image of the identification device;
- using the unique token to determine an identity of a customer who is associated with the mobile device;
- and
- comparing the identity of the customer with the identification information derived from the identification device.
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A method comprising
- using a camera to capture an image of an identification device;
- automatically comparing at least a portion of the image to images of officially issued identification devices to determine whether the presented device is, within a forensic standard, an officially issued identification device;
- and
- providing an indication whether the presented identification device is determined to be an officially issued identification device.
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A method comprising
- using a mobile device to capture an image of an identification device;
- and
- automatically comparing features captured in the image to known features of validly issued identification devices of an issuing entity to determine whether the presented identification device was, within a forensic standard, issued by the issuing entity.
A method comprising
- obtaining an image of a physical device captured using a mobile device;
- deriving information from at least a portion of the image of the physical device;
- comparing the identity of the individual associated with the mobile device with information derived from the physical device.
A method comprising
- initiating an activity which, to complete, requires identification of the initiating individual;
- using a mobile device to capture an image of an identification device;
- and
- completing the activity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.