ES2580902A1 - Method and system for verification of the authenticity of university degrees and official diplomas (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

The method and system that allows verification of the authenticity of university degrees and official diplomas whose method consists of reading a qr code (1) printed on the official title (2) by any scanner or smartphone (3) that includes an address unique url, navigation this address in a web server (4) where the databases (5) are housed with the information referring to the data provided by each qr code and the presentation to the user in a web page with the relevant data referring to this official title to verify its authenticity. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Method and system for verifying the authenticity of university degrees and official diplomas.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is a new method and system for the verification of the authenticity of university degrees and official diplomas that allows third parties not to own the document, in a simple way and without contravening the Data Protection Act LOPD, verify That an official degree or diploma is authentic.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

15 So far, university degrees issued in electronic format by some universities that incorporate an electronic signature and secure verification codes that allow verifying the veracity of the same and obtain a copy of it easily are known.

20 It is not known in the current state of the art any type of method and system that allows a simple way to verify that a diploma or printed diploma is authentic rather than checking the information of the same with the entity, university or study center, which He has issued it.

25 Employer companies, ETT, etc., may want to confirm the authenticity of the degree or diploma or the Notaries who want to prepare an authorized copy of it and need to be able to verify the authenticity in a simple way.

This circumstance implies that the verification must be done by the owner himself or by a

30 third party with a written authorization from the owner of the title, since the University or study center cannot provide this information to third parties without this authorization due to the LOPD and, consequently, it is not easy to verify that the title is authentic and the information reflected in it corresponds to reality.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

To alleviate or eliminate all the problems mentioned above, presents this new method and system for verifying the authenticity of titles 5 university and official diplomas.

Essentially, the proposed method and system is based on the use of an OR code, it is printed on the title or diploma by the person who manufactures and prints the title; This OR code includes a specific URL of a web page, which manages the

10 entity that has printed the title on its server and that houses a database that allows the relevant information regarding the title to be displayed on the website and optionally a verifiable verification verification code on the University or center's web pages. studies issued by the title.

15 This QR code that is printed in each title is unique and has the characteristic that, when read by any application used to read this type of codes, it directs the user to a specific web page, whose address is unique for each title and created with any algorithm that does not allow duplication and seemingly random, for example http://www.titulo.com/w8YdkfS3zND45df4R. Y

20 that the web server, when consulting the database, returns and shows on this website the information regarding the University or study center that has issued the title, the name and surname of the holder of the same, date of issue, degree obtained, etc.

25 University titles currently printed are made of a plastic material, so printing on them additional information, such as a false OR code, is not easy since the plastic material deteriorates in laser printers and jet printers Ink is necessary special inks easily detectable. Therefore the adulteration of the OR code printed on the title by the manufacturer is not

30 nothing easy, avoiding the manipulation of it.

As an additional security measure, among the information shown on this website, you can find a secure verification code that allows you to compare the official websites of the Universities or study centers.

35 authenticity of it.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made, and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, the present specification is attached, as an integral part thereof, a unique figure in which the complete system is represented .

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

10 The method for verifying the authenticity of university degrees and official diplomas whose method is composed of several distinct stages:

1 -Reads with any scanner device or smartphone (3) and with the appropriate computer application the QR code (1) printed in the original title (2) by the manufacturer 15 of the same that incorporates a specific URL, unique and without sequentiality and Some instructions to navigate to this website.

2-Navigation to the specific web page that indicates the QR code and confrontation with the database (5) of the web server (4) of the manufacturer or the issuer of the title of this URL.

3 -Return to the terminal of the user of a web page with the data to contrast with the information printed in the title to verify its coincidence and of a secure verification code, so that it can verify the coincidence of the data

25 printed on the title with the data indicated on the website.

4 -Additional confirmation on the official websites of the universities or centers of the authenticity of the degree or diploma through the use of the secure verification code.

System for the verification of the authenticity of university degrees and official diplomas consisting of the following elements:

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A QR code (1) printed by the manufacturer in the original title (2) that includes instructions to navigate to a URL of a single web page generated by any algorithm that prevents duplication and without a sequential rule.

5 -A web server (4) in which a database (5) is incorporated that incorporates related to each unique address of the website the body data issuer of the title, date of issue, owner of the title, degree obtained and a Safe Code of Verification. This server generates a dynamic web page of response, in which said data is inserted for contrast by the

10 petitioner;

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An application that contrasts the received web address and displays a web page in the user's browser with the information stored in the database referring to the title whose QR code has been read.

Once the nature of the present invention has been sufficiently described, as well as ways of putting it into practice, it only remains to be added that said invention may undergo certain variations as long as said alterations do not substantially vary the characteristics claimed below.

Claims (4)

1.-Method for verifying the authenticity of university degrees and diplomas 5 officers whose development includes the following distinct stages:

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insertion of a QR code (1) printed in the original title (2) by the manufacturer of the same, which incorporates a specific URL, unique and devoid of sequentiality;

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reading with any scanner device or Smartphone (3), which has

10 a computer application capable of reading QR codes and facilitating the user to read the data recorded in said code, as well as executing the connection by any of the connectivity means inserted therein, at least with the ability to connect with the URL included in said QR code; 15-navigation to the specific URL included in the QR code and confrontation with the database (5) of the web server (4) of the manufacturer of the title of this URL;

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return by said server of a web page to the terminal that has made the connection by reading the QR code, which incorporates a series of 20 data intended to contrast the title in question, with the printed information

existing in it. 2. Method for the verification of the authenticity of university degrees and official diplomas according to claim 1, characterized in that the website 25 returned to the user includes a secure verification code that allows the user to make an additional confirmation of the authenticity of the degree or diploma on the official web pages of universities or study centers. 3.-Method for verifying the authenticity of university degrees and diplomas 30 officers according to the first claim characterized in that the database (5) that can be consulted to return the information related to the degree, is hosted on the web server (4) of the University or of the study center issuing the title to be verified. 4.-System for verifying the authenticity of university degrees and official diplomas 35 characterized by the fact that it consists of the following elements:

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an OR code (1) printed by the manufacturer in the original title (2) that includes instructions to navigate to a URL of a single web page generated by any algorithm that prevents duplication and without a sequential rule;

5 -a web server (2) in which a database (5) is stored in which each web address is uniquely related to the data of the issuing body of the title, date of issue, title owner, degree obtained and a secure verification code; said web server generating a dynamic response page, in which said 10 data for contrast by the petitioner;

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an application capable of reading OR codes and making it easier for the user to read the data recorded in said code, as well as to connect with the URL address included in said OR code; as well as showing the user the page returned by the web server.

15 5. System for the verification of the authenticity of university degrees and official diplomas according to claim 4 characterized in that the database (5) with which the data is contrasted is hosted on the web server (4) of the manufacturer of the title or on the web server of universities or centers of 20 studies issuing the title.