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Multilevel security apparatus and method

US4328414A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 1979
Grant dateMay 4, 1982
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Expiry dateDec 11, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q20/3672
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A card-encoding system and method preserves the security of the encoding process against duplication and counterfeiting of cards by securing the interactions under the control of the individual and then of the issuing institution. Multilevels of offset codes are generated in successive interactions so that attempted alteration, duplication, or counterfeiting of a coded card will be readily detectable using "off-line" card-checking apparatus.

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