Patent · US Expired

Record and related method for storing encoded information using overt code characteristics to identify covert code characteristics

US6993655B1 · kind B1 · utility

17Cited by
27References
30Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 20, 1999
Grant dateJan 31, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 20, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K19/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A record and related method is provided for storing encoded information comprising a storage media, first marks on the storage media having a covert code characteristic, with the first marks conveying a covertly marked code and second marks preferably having an overt code characteristic which convey a second overtly marked code useful in decoding the covertly marked code.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.