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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Jonathan David Goodwin, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan David Goodwin, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Stamps.com, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 90/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G06Q 99/00 (2006.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating a Value Bearing Indicium (VBI) for on-line ticketing applications. A VBI may be generated by hashing user information to create a message digest that is used to create a digital signature. The digital signature is combined with the user information to create a VBI that can be validated by a variety of stand-alone or on-line methods. An on-line ticketing application using the VBI is described.