Patent ID: 8255312
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method executed by an issuing system to transact a newly-issued security or financing instrument, said issuing system including a server and a plurality of issuing machines connected to the server via a network, said method comprising: receiving by one of the issuing machines an identification (ID) recording medium provided by a potential purchaser; retrieving by said one issuing machine identification recoded in the received ID recording medium; receiving from the potential purchaser a request for a transaction of a security financing instrument; processing by said one issuing machine the requested transaction of the security or financing instrument by retrieving information via a network from the server; printing out by any one of the issuing machines as designated by the purchaser said hardcopy certificate of the security or financing instrument as purchased with a cryptographic checksum thereon; scanning by one of the issuing machines a hardcopy document inserted by a holder; and determining by said one issuing machine whether the scanned hardcopy document was issued as said hardcopy certificate of the security or financing instrument by another one of the issuing machines or an issuing machine linked with said one issuing machine according to at least a scanned cryptographic checksum.