| US 7,549,577 B2 | ||
| Fraud deterrence in connection with identity documents | ||
| Bruce L. Davis, Lake Oswego, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to L-1 Secure Credentialing, Inc., Burlington, Mass. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 04, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/757,539. | ||
| Application 11/757539 is a continuation of application No. 10/980144, filed on Nov. 01, 2004, granted, now 7,225,977. | ||
| Application 10/980144 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/965232, filed on Oct. 13, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/516581, filed on Oct. 30, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/512033, filed on Oct. 17, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0073428 A1, Mar. 27, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—380 [235/382] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A method of reducing fraud, comprising:
collecting historical information about fraud related to different classes of driver's licenses;
conducting an automated computer analysis of the collected historical information to identify a risk associated with a particular
class of driver's licenses; and
instituting at least one countermeasure to mitigate said identified risks;
wherein one of said different classes comprises driver's licenses that are issued based on applicant presentation of a first
set of one or more types of collateral documents, and a second of said different classes comprises driver's licenses that
are issued based on applicant presentation of a second set of one or more types of collateral documents, at least one type
of collateral document included in one of said first or second sets not being included in the other.
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