Patent ID: 7594604

Claim:
A process for validating an identification badge for a plurality of predetermined periods of time executed by a security system, the process comprising: providing an identification badge to be worn by a person for other people to see; generating a random coded initial image associated with an initial predetermined period of time; transmitting the initial image to a printing device; printing the initial image on the identification badge to thereby validate the badge for the initial predetermined period of time, the initial image being of sufficient size to be seen by the other people when the badge is worn by the person; mounting the badge on the person to permit the badge to be seen by the other people; after the initial predetermined period of time, generating a subsequent random coded image associated with a subsequent predetermined period of time; transmitting the subsequent image to the printing device; removing the badge from the person; removing the initial image from the identification badge; printing the subsequent image on the identification badge to thereby validate the badge for the subsequent predetermined period of time, the subsequent image being of sufficient size to be seen by other people when the badge is worn by the person, remounting the badge on the person to permit the badge to be seen by other people.