The present invention relates generally to monitoring and providing
information regarding usage or presentment of a driver's license,
passport, or other government-issued identification documents. One claim
recites: a method of operating a data repository including storing data
relating to use or presentment of a person's identification credential in
first and second different contexts; analyzing the data for evidence of
fraudulent usage based on at least predetermined criteria; and if there
is evidence of fraudulent usage, notifying the person to the fraudulent
usage. Another claim recites: obtaining information from a
government-issued identification document for a person, the information
initially gathered from the government-issued identification document
during presentation at a first location; providing the information to a
data center or data repository; and providing a notification to the
person concerning said presentation, the notification including data
identifying the first location.