Patent ID: 6556694
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
A user verification method comprising:providing an electronic stylus; providing a digitizing tablet adapted to receive handwriting information from said electronic stylus; providing a receiver located remotely from said electronic stylus to receive verification data about the user via a telemetry signal from the electronic stylus; providing a memory coupled to the receiver to store the verification data of the user; providing a transmitter disposed in said electronic stylus to transmit said verification data of the user so as to verify a signature of said user; providing a memory to store sample handwriting information input by said user utilizing the electronic stylus and the digitizing tablet so that said sample handwriting information can be used to verify the signature of the user; formatting said verification data as data elements representative of the signature of the user; providing a comparator to compare said sample handwriting information input by said user with said verification data of the user so as to verify that said sample handwriting information is authentic; and disposing said transmitter in said electronic stylus so as to be operable to transmit said verification data to said receiver without the use of a physical connection between said transmitter and said receiver.