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Reliable document authentication system

US4853961A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 1987
Grant dateAug 1, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07B2017/00911
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for reliably authenticating a document includes a device having a decryption key therein that, upon application to information provided by a user, reveals not only a plain text message indicating the source of the authentication but, in addition, provides the decryption key for use with the information provided by the mailer.

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