Method and apparatus for duplicating secure documents
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJean-Christophe Mestres, Jean-Louis Veran
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Abstract
A method of securely duplicating in a copying machine a document which includes a readable security device. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: reading the readable security device to determine contents of the readable security device; copying the document; generating a copy of the readable security device that includes data which is determined from the contents of the readable security device; and attaching the copy of the readable security device to the copy of the document before the copy of the document exits the copying machine to generate a secure duplicate of the document.
Claims16
A method of securely duplicating in a copying machine a document that includes a readable security device, the method comprising:
- reading the readable security device to determine contents of the readable security device;
- copying the document;
- generating a copy of the readable security device that includes data which is determined from the contents of the readable security device and that includes a distinct identification number to indicate a copy number of the document;
- attaching the copy of the readable security device to the copy of the document before the copy of the document exits the copying machine to generate a secure duplicate of the document;
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- storing information regarding the copying of the readable security device to provide a trace of each copy of the document and any copies of the copy of the document.
A system of securely duplicating in a copying machine a document that includes a readable security device, comprising:
- a system for reading the readable security device to determine contents of the readable security device;
- a system for copying the document;
- a system for generating a copy of the readable security device that includes data which is determined from the contents of the readable security device and that includes a distinct identification number to indicate a copy number of the document;
- a system for attaching the copy of the readable security device to the copy of the document before the copy of the document exits the copying machine to generate a secure duplicate of the document;
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- a system for storing information regarding the copying of the readable security device to provide a trace of each copy of the document and any copies of the copy of the document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.