Patent ID: 7899751
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method in a computing system that uses the contents of an identification document to determine whether an individual is authorized to perform a transaction, the method comprising: reading, by the computing system, contents of an identification document presented by an individual in connection with a transaction, wherein the identification document is encoded with machine-readable identification information of the individual; identifying, by the computing system, an issuer of the identification document based on an Issuer Identification Number that is contained in the read contents; parsing, by the computing system, at least one portion of the read contents into one or more identification segments based on a known format of the identified issuer; determining, by the computing system, whether the individual is authorized to perform a transaction by applying a criterion to at least one parsed identification segment; and providing, by the computing system, an indication of whether the individual is authorized to perform the transaction.