Patent ID: 7770013
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: B29C,B42D,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G06T,G07C,G07D,G07F,G10L,G11B,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for determining authenticity of a digital representation of an object, the digital representation including embedded first authentication information and the apparatus comprising: a storage system in which stored second authentication information is associated with stored reference codes; and a processor which receives the digital representation and a reference code associated therewith, the reference code is included in the digital representation, the processor including: an authentication information reader, and the processor: i) employing the reference code to retrieve the second authentication information associated therewith from the storage system, ii) employing the authentication information reader to recover the embedded first authentication information, and iii) employing recovered first authentication information and the second authentication information to determine authenticity of the digital representation.