Patent ID: 7264163
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying a certificate at a point-of-sale terminal, said certificate having a code line of characters, said characters being represented by at least human-readable indicia, comprising the steps of: conducting a first type of automatic character recognition on at least a first portion of said indicia at said point-of-sale terminal; conducting a second type of automatic character recognition on at least a second portion of said indicia at said point-of-sale terminal; responsively to said steps of conducting a first type of automatic character recognition and conducting a second type of automatic character recognition identifying at least one unrecognized character of said code line; generating an image of at least one of said human readable indicia that corresponds to said unrecognized character at said point-of-sale terminal; communicating said image to a remote human evaluator for identification of said unrecognized character by said human evaluator to define an identified character; returning said identified character to said point-of-sale terminal; replacing said unrecognized character with said identified character to form an identified code line; and communicating said identified code line to a payment system.