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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2006
Neil E. Lofgren, Portland, OR (US);
Phillip Andrew Seder, Portland, OR (US);
Brian T. Macintosh, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Neil E. Lofgren, Portland, OR (US);
Phillip Andrew Seder, Portland, OR (US);
Brian T. MacIntosh, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
The presently claimed invention relates generally to confirming that a user has physical custody of an article (e.g., credit card, identification document, etc.). One claim recites a method reciting: at a user's home, presenting a physical article to an input device; and, after the presenting, receiving device data at a CPU at said user's home; deriving a reduced-bit representation of the device data; by reference to at least some of said reduced-bit representation of the device data, confirming that the user has physical custody of the physical article, the physical article having an identifier associated therewith; and providing said identifier to a remote terminal once physical custody of the physical article is confirmed. Of course, additional combinations and claims are provided as well.