Patent ID: 8233672

Claim:
Apparatus for verifying the authenticity of writings or of entries to a computer system made by a human individual, said apparatus comprising, in combination: (a) a computer database in which are stored an image of a visible identifying feature and other identification data of each of a plurality of registered human individuals; (b) a computer processor coupled to the database for storing information therein and for accessing selected information therefrom; (c) at least one first input device coupled to said processor and disposed at a local site where an individual is to create writings or make computer entries, said first input device having at least one first camera, said first input device arranged to view both (1) the identifying feature and (2)the writings or computer entries made by the individual that is engaged in a writing or computer entry process; wherein (i) said first input device is operative to generate at least one local image of said individual's identifying feature and said writings or computer entries in sufficient detail to view their information content; (ii) said processor is operative to store said at least one local image in said database for later retrieval; and (iii) said processor is operative to compare said stored identifying feature of said registered human individuals with said local image of said individual's identifying feature generated during said writing or computer entry process to verify the identity of the individual; thereby to verify that the individual who made the writing or computer entry is the same as one of the registered individuals.