Claims
- 1. A method for validating an admission ticket to an event comprising,
inserting a digital watermark in said ticket, said digital watermark including unique watermark data, registering said unique data with a registration sever when said ticket is sold, transferring said registered information to a second server, validating said ticket when the ticket is presented for entry to said event, said validation being via a local area network connection to said second server to determine if the unique data in the ticket presented for validation is registered on said second server.
- 2. The method recited in claim 1 wherein the registration of said unique data is via the Internet.
- 3. The method recited in claim 1 wherein an action string is returned if said ticket is validated.
- 4. The method recited in claim 1 wherein an action string of data which opens a gate is returned if said ticket is valid.
- 5. A system for validating admission tickets to an event, comprising,
a printing system for printing said tickets, each ticket including a digital watermark carrying unique information, a registration system for registering validation data in a first server the unique data in a ticket when said ticket is sold, a second server and a program for transferring said validation data to said second server, a ticket validation station connected by a local area network to said second server, a watermark reading program at said validation station and a program for determining if a ticket presented for registration is valid by interrogating said second server via said LAN connection and for receiving a response from said serve via said LAN connection.
- 6. The system recited in claim 5 wherein said registration is via communication on the Internet.
- 7. The system recited in claim 5 wherein said response validates a ticket if the watermark on said ticket is registered on said server.
- 8. The system recited in claim 5 wherein said response opens an entry gate if said ticket is registered on said server.
- 9. A method of generating a response to a digital watermark read from a document comprising the steps of:
registering in a first server an identifier for said digital watermark together with and indication of an appropriate response to said watermark, transferring said registration information to a second server, reading at a first station the data carried by the digital watermark on said document, communicating said data to said second server utilizing a high speed local area network (LAN), and determining an appropriate response to said data, and transmitting said response to said first station.
- 10. The method recited in claim 9 wherein said registration with said first server is via the Internet.
- 11. The method recited in claim 9 wherein said document is an entry ticket for an event.
- 12. The method recited in claim 9 wherein said appropriate response is a validation of said document if the watermark on said document is registered on said second server.
- 13. The method recited in claim 11 wherein a ticket is validated by said response if said ticket is registered on said servers.
- 12. A peer to peer system for registration of data contained in watermarks and for providing a response to data read from a watermark document, said system comprising a plurality of subsystems, each subsystem comprising,
a program for registering data which is embedded in a digital watermark contained on a document, said registration including an indication of the subsystems on which said particular data should be registered, a server for storing said registration data, and a program for reading a particular watermark on a document to determine if the data carried by the particular watermark is registered on the subsystem.
- 13. A system for generating a particular action string in response to data read from a watermark on a document,
a server including a data base of registered watermarks, each registered mark having an associated action string, a registration station connected to said server via a local area network(LAN) to register particular watermarks and the associated action string, an interrogation station connected to said server via a LAN including a program for reading a watermark and for interrogating the data base on said server to determine if said particular watermark is registered and if said watermark is registered for retrieving the associated action string.
- 14. The system recited in claim 12 wherein said plurality comprises two subsystems.
- 15. The system recited in claim 13 wherein said action string indicates if a document is registered on said server.
Related Applications
[0001] The present application is a continuation in part of pending application Ser. No. 09/571,422, filed May 15, 2000, which is a CIP of each of the following applications:
[0002] 1) Ser. No. 09/314,648, filed May 19, 1999
[0003] 2) Ser. No. 09/342,688, filed Jun. 29, 1999
[0004] 3) Ser. No. 09/342,689, filed Jun. 29, 1999
[0005] 4) Ser. No. 09/342,971, filed Jun. 29, 1999
[0006] 5) Ser. No. 09/343,101, filed Jun. 29, 1999
[0007] 6) Ser. No. 09/343,104, filed Jun. 29, 1999
[0008] 7) Ser. No. 60/141,468, filed Jun. 29, 1999
[0009] 8) Ser. No. 60/151,586, filed Aug. 30, 1999
[0010] 9) Ser. No. 60/158,015, filed Oct. 6, 1999
[0011] 10) Ser. No. 60/163,332, filed Nov. 3, 1999
[0012] 11) Ser. No. 60/164,619, filed Nov. 10, 1999
[0013] 12) Ser. No. 09/531,076, filed Mar. 18, 2000
[0014] 13) Ser. No. 09/543,125, filed Apr. 6, 2000
[0015] 14) Ser. No. 09/547,664, filed Apr. 12, 2000, and
[0016] 15) Ser. No. 09/552,998, filed Apr. 13, 2000
Provisional Applications (5)
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