SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QR CODE VALIDATION
Embodiments described herein combine both glyph technologies and cryptography technologies by encrypting data with a private key of an entity tasked with issuing controlled documents, and then converting the resulting encryption as a visual glyph, such as a QR code. This permits validation of the printed document by scanning the QR code using a smartphone and decrypting using the issuing entity's public key. In some embodiments, a purpose-built software application executed by the smartphone may automatically recognize QR codes on a document presented for review and then automatically decrypt the QR code using the public key of the issuing entity. A user performing the validation may then compare the document's content with the decrypted data on the smartphone.
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11 . A computer-implemented method of verifying documents, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, from an optical instrument a visual capture of a glyph on a first document that is purportedly a verified document issued by an issuing entity;
converting, by the processor, the glyph into a binary message using an algorithm used for generating a validation glyph of the verified document;
decrypting, by the processor, the binary message using an encryption algorithm used for encrypting data related to the verified document; and
displaying, by the processor, at least a portion of the data on a user interface.
12 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising receiving, by the processor, the visual capture of the glyph from the optical instrument of a mobile computing device.
13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the optical instrument is managed by the processor.
14 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising determining, by the processor, whether a type of the glyph of the first document matches the type of the validation glyph.
15 . The method according to claim 14 , further comprising generating, by the processor, a notification responsive to determining the glyph of the first document is not the type of glyph of the validation glyph of the verified document.
16 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the data of the record is encrypted by private key in accordance with an asymmetric encryption algorithm, and wherein the processor decrypts the binary message using a public key corresponding to the private key.
17 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising receiving, by the processor, a digital image of the verified document from a non-transitory machine-readable storage memory.
18 . The method according to claim 17 , further comprising:
comparing, by the processor, the first document against the verified document; and
determining, by the processor, whether the first document matches the verified document based on the comparison.
19 . The method according to claim 18 , further comprising determining, by the processor, a likelihood the first document is a forgery of the verified document based upon matching characteristics.
20 . The method according to claim 17 , further comprising displaying, by the processor, the verified document on the user interface for a user comparison of the verified document and the first document.
21 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the type of glyph is selected from the group consisting of: a two-dimensional matrix barcode, a linear barcode, a quick response code (QR code), a visual watermark, a steganography glyph, and a ShotCode.
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