System and method using information based indicia for securing and authenticating transactions
AssigneeSINT Holdings Limited Liability Company
InventorsPatrick D. 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.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- requesting, using a processing device, purchase from a vendor of a product or service associated with an instrument having a first unique identifier and a second identifier independent from the first identifier;
- providing to the vendor, using the processing device, the first identifier, the second identifier, a first digital certificate that is derived at least in part by encoding the first identifier and the second identifier and represents a value available for purchasing the product or service, and a second digital certificate that is derived at least in part by encoding the second identifier;
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- receiving, using the processing device, verification of the purchase in response to a determination that the first digital certificate corresponds to the first identifier.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are configured to instruct a computing device, comprising instructions to:
- request purchase from a vendor of a product or service associated with an instrument having a first unique identifier and a second identifier independent from the first identifier;
- provide to the vendor the first identifier, the second identifier, a first digital certificate that is derived in part by encoding the first identifier and the second identifier and represents a value available for purchasing the product or service, and a second digital certificate that is derived at least in part by encoding the second identifier;
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- receive a verification of the purchase in response to a determination that the first digital certificate corresponds to the first identifier.
A system, comprising:
- a transaction computing device configured to receive a first unique identifier, a second identifier independent from the first identifier, a first digital, that is derived at least in part by encoding the first identifier and the second identifier and represents a value available for purchasing a product or service, and a second digital certificate that is derived at least in part by encoding the second identifier;
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- an authentication computing device configured to authenticate purchase from a vendor of the product or service associated with an instrument having the first identifier and the second identifier by comparing the first digital certificate to the first identifier.
A method comprising:
- requesting, using a processing device, purchase from a vendor of a good or service associated with an instrument having a first unique identifier and a second identifier independent from the first identifier;
- providing to the vendor, using the processing device, the first identifier, the second identifier, and a first digital certificate that is derived at least in part by encoding the first identifier and the second identifier;
- providing to the vendor, using the processing device, a second digital certificate derived in part by encoding the second identifier;
- and
- receiving, using the processing device, verification of the purchase in response to a determination that the first digital certificate corresponds to the first identifier, or the second digital certificate corresponds to the second identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.