Patent ID: 7739510

Claim:
A method for providing verification status for an e-paper document having an electronically written image associated with an item, comprising: scanning the image and encrypted or encoded data indicia included in the image on the e-paper document; making a validation determination using the encrypted or encoded data indicia to determine whether the image has been altered; and providing a status output based on a result obtained by the validation determination, wherein said providing the status output includes: providing an alert associated with at least one of the one or more types of encrypted or encoded data indicia, providing the alert on the e-paper document and/or on the associated item or product or container or package, maintaining an ongoing detectable alert output for a given period of time, providing an ongoing detectable “warning” status alert output if a result of the validation determination indicates the encrypted or encoded data indicia has been altered, and displaying an unalterable detectable “warning” status alert output.