Patent ID: 8978977
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer system by which counterfeit resistant documents are made available over an open communication network, comprising: at least one first computer programmed to: (a) transmit over the open communication network for receipt by user devices, offers, each offer being transmitted to one or more of the user devices and being for at least one document, such transmission of the offer by the first computer occurring without the at least one first computer having received a request for the at least one document from the one or more user devices; (b) receive over the open communication network from the user devices, requests for documents relating to the offers, each request being from a user device from among the user devices and corresponding to an offer transmitted to the user device and being for the at least one document of the offer; (c) for each received request, transmit over the open communication network for receipt by the user device making the request, at least information relating to the at least one document of the request and unique information associated with the at least one document of the request, the transmitted information relating to the at least one document of the request and the unique information being capable of being presented on a medium suitable for functioning as the at least one document, wherein at least the unique information as presented on the medium is suitable for rendering the at least one document counterfeit resistant; (d) storing, in a computer database, for each received request, information relating to at least the unique information for the at least one document in the request; (ii) a reading device at a location that reads at least unique information from documents presented on the medium and having an output for transmitting, for each read document, at least the unique information for the read document; and (iii) at least one second computer, in communication with the reading device, and programmed to cause a determination in real time for each read document, based on at least the unique information read by the reading device and the stored information in the computer database, at least one of whether the unique information read by the reading device is valid and whether the unique information read by the reading device had been previously used, and programmed to communicate the determination to the location of the reading device.