Abstract: A document security system for documents having an electronic data storage device (EDSD) includes a printing device, a first optical scanner associated with the printing device, an electronic data storage device writer, an electronic data storage device reader, and a second optical scanner associated with the electronic data storage device reader. The optical scanners detect, capture and analyze a speckle pattern on a scanned surface of a page of the document and transmits page data related to the speckle pattern of each page of the document. The documents are marked by scanning each page of an unmarked document with the first optical scanner and storing the page data for each page of the document on the document EDSD. The document is verified by scanning each page of a marked document with the second optical scanner, reading the page data stored in the document EDSD, and comparing the stored document page data to the scanned document page data.

Abstract: A method and a system for automatically tracking and controlling usage of a first set of components, including the steps of receiving data from one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags electrically coupled with a second set of components; checking whether the first set of components are permitted to communicate with the second set of components; and enabling the first set of components to transfer data between the first and second set of components when communication is permitted.