Patent ID: 8461551

Claim:
A method of authenticating a document including data printed on a media, the method comprising: detecting one of a presence and an absence of authentication fibers embedded in the media; detecting one of a presence and an absence of authentication indicia printed on the media; and continuing the method if detecting one of the presence and the absence of authentication fibers embedded in the media includes detecting the presence of authentication fibers embedded in the media and if detecting one of the presence and the absence of authentication indicia printed on the media includes detecting the presence of authentication indicia printed on the media, wherein continuing the method includes: identifying an embedded location of the authentication fibers embedded in the media; identifying a printed location of the authentication indicia printed on the media; and declaring the document authentic if the printed location of the authentication indicia printed on the media is adjacent to and substantially corresponds to the embedded location of the authentication fibers embedded in the media.