Patent ID: 8626666
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06Q,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: indicating, by a computing device, that physical presentment of a physical article is required before a transaction can be approved; in response to the indication, receiving image data, from an image capture device, wherein the image data is based on the physical article; deriving, by a processor, a hash representation of the image data; confirming, using the processor, by reference to at least some of the hash representation of the image data a physical custody of the physical article, wherein the physical article has an identifier associated therewith, and wherein the identifier is carried on or in the physical article through a watermark steganographically encoded therein; extracting, by the processor, the identifier from the image data, wherein the identifier is hidden in the image data; and transmitting, by the processor, the extracted identifier to a remote terminal.