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Document authentication using a mark that is separate from document information

US6496933B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 14, 1998
Grant dateDec 17, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/3236
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital mark is derived or created for placement on a document to identify, authenticate, or verify the document's origins. Private information is received and digitized. The digitized private information is scrambled in response to the document's contents. The scrambled private information is formed into a mark. The mark is placed on or in the document, apart from the document's information.

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