Patent ID: 6735575
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G07B,G07D,G07F,G09F,H04N

Abstract:
A method for establishing the validity of a display created by a general purpose creation device, said method comprising the steps of:placing in said device media upon which information may be created, said media having preestablished thereon data which is unique to said media; and communicating at least a portion of said preestablished data to a location independent from said device, said independent location operable to create on said media a security indicia, said security indicia created in part by information contained in said preestablished media data and whereby said security indicia is validatable at a subsequent time partially under control of data contained in said preestablished media data; wherein said media is paper, and wherein said device is a general purpose printer; wherein said paper is divided into sections, each section adapted for printing thereon information pertaining to a different function, each such function having associated therewith a security indicia.