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8437578 Digital anti-counterfeiting software method and apparatus  
This invention relates generally to a method and apparatus, as implemented by a software program on a computer system, for digitally producing counterfeit-deterring scrambled or encoded indicia...
RE44209 Method and system for real-time control of document printing  
A method for secure printing is presented. A document management system (DMS) is provided within a server computer for storing, displaying and printing a plurality of documents. At least a portion...
8429083 Messaging stamp authority  
Electronic messages may be processed using a stamp authority by receiving an electronic message, identifying a stamp associated the message, determining if the stamp is valid, and, if the stamp is...
8416437 Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and program  
It is analyzed whether print data includes first image data common between pages and second image data different between pages. When a specific discharge device is designated as a discharge device...
8375202 Communications methods and appliances  
Communications methods and appliances are described. According to one embodiment, a communications method includes prior to deployment of an appliance, establishing a trusted association between...
8363284 Image processing system for producing copy protected images using transparent recording material  
An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an identifying unit configured to identify a printing capability of an apparatus that is a transmission...
8352744 Product authentication method  
The invention relates to a method that allows a third party to authenticate a manufacturer's individual product. According to said method, at least one first code that is specific for said...
8347102 Image processing apparatus and method for transmitting encrypted data  
An image processing apparatus generates a password each time transmission of image data is instructed, encrypts the image data with the generated password, transmits the encrypted image data, and...
8339678 Apparatus, system, and method of process control based on the determination of embedded information  
An apparatus, system, and method for image processing are disclosed, each of which obtains a mark from image data, detects additional information in the mark, determines whether the mark is...
8335014 Image forming apparatus, control method, and program for copy-forgery-inhibited dot pattern calibration  
A test pattern containing plurality of patches recorded using small dot patterns and large dot patterns is printed. The dot sizes arranged in the patches are different between patches. Then the...
8331608 Hidden image identification system, products, identification device and producing method  
The invention is concerned with a hidden image product, an identification device which shows the hidden image information, an identification system, the produce method of the produce and the...
8332958 Image forming system  
A Multi-Function peripheral (MFP), a server apparatus, and a client apparatus for generating image output data from document data and transmitting the image output data to the server apparatus are...
8325915 Image output system  
When image data is outputted in a special image processing apparatus which has printed confidential data before, a server confirms whether the user who has instructed output is a permitted user or...
8312281 Computer system incorporating a target and symbol data sensing arrangement  
A computer system includes a printer configured to print invisible coded data tags on print media. Each data tag includes a target and a dot arrangement representing a value. A pen-type device...
8282015 Document with linked viewer file for correlated printing  
A document and a related viewer for the document are constructed as image files capable of transmission to a printing site. The document file contains information for printing a document having...
8275131 Image forming apparatus and security setting method thereof  
An image forming apparatus and a security setting method thereof, the method including: inputting an encryption key of a wireless network connection of the image forming apparatus; displaying a...
8245306 Digital rights management printing system  
A print management system for production of printed documents, said system comprising a policy editor component capable of receiving a document file, and applying a level of protection to said...
8213614 Distribution and printing of travel documents  
A system for generating and printing travel documents for a customer associated with a journey having one or more parts, the system comprising: a travel documentation distribution module capable of...
8213050 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Image processing device, method, system and the associated program for generating a composite image
 
An image processing device, which includes: an original reception unit that receives an original image; a dot image generation unit that generates, on the basis of additive information to be added...
8203728 Print device, print method, print program recording medium, print data production device, print data production method, and print data production program recording medium  
A print device includes a print data acquisition unit that acquires print data having a plurality of signature attachment areas defined thereon, each signature attachment area having electronic...
8199913 Object authentication using embossed hidden images  
An authenticatable object comprises a surface having a latent hidden image embossed therein. The latent image is an encoded version of an authentication image and comprises a plurality of elements...
8189861 Watermarking digital documents  
A watermark is embedded in a document having a plurality of pages. The pages of the document are analyzed to produce watermark information, which indicates whether the page is suitable for use with...
8191111 Image forming system and image forming apparatus  
An image forming system includes: an authentication server device having user information, for performing a user authentication via a computer network; and an image forming apparatus including: an...
8189863 Watermarking digital documents  
A watermark is embedded in a document having a plurality of pages. The pages of the document are analyzed to produce watermark information, which indicates whether the page is suitable for use with...
8150032 Methods for controlling rendering of images and video  
The present disclosure includes disclosure generally related to digital watermarking and steganographic encoding. One claim recites an apparatus including: electronic memory for buffering data...
8144368 Automated methods for distinguishing copies from original printed objects  
This disclosure describes methods for using embedded auxiliary signals in documents for copy detection and other applications. In on application, the auxiliary signal is formed as an array of...
8130951 Intelligent electronic document content processing  
A network device includes a content processing module that is configured to perform intelligent document content processing, such as confidential information processing, content optimization and...
8125691 Information processing apparatus and method, computer program and computer-readable recording medium for embedding watermark information  
A watermark information embedding apparatus generates a document image from electronic document data that has been input thereto, modifies the electronic document data based upon the document image...
8117457 Trusted hardcopy document  
A trusted hardcopy document is generated using a two-part confirmation number including a private part and a public part. A public part of the confirmation number is received at a first party...
8117455 Object authentication from a signature part  
A method of authenticating an object in which a computer system receives indicating data from a sensing device. The indicating data is generated in response to sensing of coded data provided on or...
8108906 Electronic data authenticity assurance method and program  
The present invention provides an electronic document authenticity assuring method in which a series of procedures concerning redactable signature are divided into procedures dependent on a...
8089661 Embedding authentication information to prevent document spoofing  
In a computer system in which information represented by digital data is output to plural pages of recording medium, and then information on the plural pages of recording medium is read to use...
8085978 Distributed decoding of digitally encoded media signals  
Digital data is decoded from media signals (e.g., audio, images, video, etc.) using a distributed processing in which a first device receives and pre-processes the signal, and transmits it to a...
8081327 Information processing apparatus that controls transmission of print job data based on a processing designation, and control method and program therefor  
Print job data is generated in accordance with a printing instruction from an application. When encryption of the print job data is designated, the generated print job data is encrypted, and the...
8060921 Methods and systems for imaging device credential authentication and communication  
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for eliminating multiple submission of user credential data in a system with multiple distinct restricted sub-systems...
8060930 Methods and systems for imaging device credential receipt and authentication  
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for imaging device credential submission wherein credentials are extracted by scanning graphical indicia on user documents...
8055901 Optical signature to enable image correction  
A method and system for performing document image correction using a document reader is disclosed. The method includes generating a document image representative of a document having a deformation;...
8041952 Systems and methods for printing documents containing electronic signatures  
Systems and methods for validating electronic signatures contained in a printable document prior to allowing the document to be printed. The systems and methods may be incorporated into a printing...
8041645 Document security utilizing color gradients  
The present invention includes apparatus and methods for printing and verifying postage stamps on demand via a personal postage stamp printer. The indicium by which the stamp is printed includes a...
8037307 System and method for securing on-line documents using authentication codes  
A system and method for providing an authentication code across a network for use in authentication of documents, such as printed lottery tickets. The system includes document-printing terminals...
8024792 Methods and systems for imaging device credential submission  
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for imaging device credential submission wherein credentials are extracted by scanning graphical indicia on user documents...
8023159 Marking images of text with speckle patterns for theft deterrence  
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for embedding an identifying pattern of visible speckles into the digitized image of each page of a document. A speckle is a cluster of black or...
8022823 Serendipitous repair of shared device  
A system and method for soliciting repairs to an electromechanical device are disclosed. The system includes a signaling device for signaling a need for a repair of an associated electromechanical...
8006292 Methods and systems for imaging device credential submission and consolidation  
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for eliminating multiple submission of user credential data in a system with multiple distinct restricted sub-systems...
8006293 Methods and systems for imaging device credential acceptance  
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for eliminating multiple submission of user credential data in a system with multiple distinct restricted sub-systems...
8001587 Methods and systems for imaging device credential management  
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for eliminating multiple submission of user credential data in a system with multiple distinct restricted sub-systems...
8001586 Methods and systems for imaging device credential management and authentication  
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for eliminating multiple submission of user credential data in a system with multiple distinct restricted sub-systems...
7991188 Optimization methods for the insertion, protection, and detection of digital watermarks in digital data  
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for encoding digital watermarks into content signals. Also disclosed are systems and methods for detecting and/or verifying digital watermarks in content...
7987494 Method and apparatus providing end to end protection for a document  
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing protection for a document is presented. Document content of the document is obtained. An occurrence of a security code within the...
7983440 Selection of I-frames for client-side watermarking  
A system and method are provided for selecting frames of a compressed video stream that may be used for client-side watermarking. In general, a content source evaluates a number of Intra-Frames...
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