Patent ID: 7436989
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07C,H01Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for representing in an image format a signature stored in a digitized signature record format wherein the signature is represented in a sequence of strokes each having a starting point and an end mark, and wherein locations of points of each stroke are coded as differences in location from either the starting point or an immediately previous point of the stroke, the method comprising: (a) reading a point location from the digitized signature record; (b) determining whether the read point location is the starting point of a stroke; (c) if the read point location is the starting point of a stroke, then: (d) if the read point location is not the starting point of a stroke, then: (e) repeating steps (a) through (d) for all of the strokes of the signature.