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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Steve B. Cousins, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeff Breidenbach, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rangaswamy Jagannathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steve B. Cousins, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeff Breidenbach, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rangaswamy Jagannathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide a check validation scheme wherein a payor's signature is digitized, encrypted and embedded on the front of the check using glyphs. When the payor seeks to convert a blank check into a negotiable instrument, the user fills out the check and signs it. When the check is presented to a bank for payment, a teller using a decoding device, decodes and decrypts the digitized signature such that a human-readable image of the digitized signature can be seen on a screen for comparison with the payor's scripted signature. If the two signatures are identical, the check is honored.