Provenance tracking using genetic material
AssigneeIntertrust Technologies Corporation
InventorJarl Nilsson
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for association of information with a product using genetic material. In various embodiments, genetic material such as plasmids may be incorporated into and/or otherwise persistently associated with a product. The genetic material may be encoded with, among other things, information that may uniquely identify the product, provide details relating to the origins of the product, the handling, distribution, and/or chain of custody of the product, intellectual property rights and/or other rights associated with the product, and/or the like. By extracting and analyzing the genetic material from the product, information encoded in the genetic material may be obtained by an interested party.
Claims15
A method for identifying information associated with a product performed by a product identification system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to perform the method, the method comprising:
- extracting, using a genetic sequencing system, tag information from genetic material included in a genetic tag associated with the product, the genetic material comprising at least one of a plasmid and a bacterium;
- decoding the tag information using a translation code to generate first product information;
- generating a first product information response based, at least in part, on the first product information;
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- displaying the first product information response to a user of the system,
- wherein the first product information comprises a location of second product information, and wherein the location of the second product information comprises a location on a remote system associated with a trusted authority.
A method for identifying information associated with a product performed by a product identification system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to perform the method, the method comprising:
- extracting, using a genetic sequencing system, tag information from genetic material included in a genetic tag associated with the product, the genetic material comprising at least one of a plasmid and a bacterium;
- decoding the tag information using a translation code to generate first product information;
- generating a first product information response based, at least in part, on the first product information;
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- displaying the first product information response to a user of the system, wherein the first product information comprises information that may be used to identify a location of second product information, and
- wherein generating the first product information response comprises:
- sending a product information request based on the first product information to a trusted authority;
- and in response to the product information request, receiving a second product information response comprising the second product information, wherein the first product information is further generated based on the second product information.
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