Patent ID: 8345993

Claim:
A multi-level data encoding system operable on a computer, the encoding system comprising: a data input device adapted to input a data set and store the data set in a database; an encoder adapted to encode the data set and separate the encoded data set into two files, wherein each character of the data set comprises a unique electronic footprint; a data field adapted to organize the encoded data set for proper decoding; a master file comprising one file of the encoded data set; an overlay file comprising the other file of the encoded data set; a decoder adapted to align the overlay file onto the master file to decode the encoded data set, wherein one of the at least one data files comprises a master file coded to combine with a plurality of overlay files to produce a variety of manifestations depending on which of the overlay files is placed over the master file; and wherein the data field comprises quadrants, each quadrant having a unique coding pattern.