Patent ID: 8360313

Claim:
A computer system for generating a plurality of image-customized computer-based value-bearing items, said computer system comprising: a first set of computer program instructions, that when executed by a first computer, causes the first computer to generate a client request for generic value-bearing item indicia data for each image-customized computer-based value-bearing item of the plurality; a second set of computer program instructions, that when executed by a second computer, causes the second computer to receive each said client request for generic value-bearing item indicia data, and generate a corresponding set of generic computer-based value-bearing item indicia data for each image-customized computer-based value-bearing item of the plurality, wherein each said corresponding set of generic computer-based value-bearing item indicia data comprises a digital signature; a third set of computer program instructions, that when executed by the first computer, causes the first computer to receive the corresponding set of generic computer-based value-bearing item indicia data for each image-customized computer-based value-bearing item of the plurality; and a fourth set of computer program instructions, that when executed by the first computer, causes the first computer to generate a set of image-customized computer-based value-bearing item indicia data for each of the plurality of image-customized value-bearing items, wherein each of said set of image-customized computer-based value-bearing item indicia data is generated using a corresponding subset of the corresponding set of generic computer-based value-bearing item indicia data, wherein said corresponding set of generic computer-based value-bearing item indicia data comprises at least one portion of data that is not included in said corresponding subset.