Patent ID: 7490065

Claim:
A cryptographic system for securing data on a computer network comprising: a plurality of users coupled to the computer network; and a plurality of cryptographic devices, each of the plurality of cryptographic devices remote from the plurality of users, and each of the plurality of cryptographic devices comprising: a processor programmed to authenticate the plurality of remote users on the computer network for secure processing of a value bearing item (VBI); a memory for storing security device transaction data for ensuring authenticity of a user, wherein the security device transaction data is related to the one of the plurality of users; a cryptographic engine for cryptographically protecting data; an interface for communicating with the computer network, and a module for processing value for the value bearing item, wherein each of the plurality of cryptographic devices is capable of authenticating any of the plurality of remote users, wherein each of the plurality of cryptographic devices is capable of processing a VBI printing request from any of the plurality of remote users, and wherein each of the plurality of cryptographic devices is capable of generating indicia data for transmitting to any of the plurality of remote users.