Authentication method and system
AssigneeCoPilot Ventures III LLC
InventorJay Fraser
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Abstract
A method for authenticating an object, comprising determining a physical dispersion pattern of a set of elements, determining a physical characteristic of the set of elements which is distinct from a physical characteristic producible by a transfer printing technology, determining a digital code associated with the object defining the physical dispersion pattern, and authenticating the object by verifying a correspondence of the digital code with the physical dispersion pattern, and verifying the physical characteristic.
Claims20
An authentication device, comprising:
- a first interface configured to communicate over a digital data network;
- a second interface configured to receive information from an imager, defining at least one feature of an object within a captured image, having a unique variation between different examples of the object;
- and
- at least one processor, configured to:
- perform user authentication, and restrict use of authentication data for authentication of the object, received through the first interface, dependent on successful user authentication;
- control a communication over the first interface to receive authentication data in at least a first mode of operation;
- store the authentication data in a memory in at least a second mode of operation;
- and
- reliably authenticate the object, based on the authentication data, an identification of the object, and the information received through the second interface defining at least one feature of the object.
An authentication device, comprising:
- an interface configured to communicate authentication data over a digital data network;
- an imager configured to capture an image of an object, comprising information defining at least one feature of the object, having a unique variation between different examples of the object;
- and
- at least one processor, configured to:
- authenticate a user;
- receive the authentication data over the interface in a first mode of operation, the authentication data comprising a hash file produced by a cryptographic hash function;
- store the authentication data in a memory in a second mode of operation;
- restrict use of the authentication data dependent on successful user authentication;
- and
- reliably authenticate the object, based on:
- the stored authentication data,
- an identification of the object, and
- the information defining at least one feature of the object.
An authentication method, comprising:
- communicating authentication data over a digital data network;
- capturing an image of an object with an imager, the captured image comprising information defining at least one feature of the object, having a unique variation between different examples of the object;
- authenticating a user with an automated processor;
- receiving the authentication data for authenticating the object from the digital data network in a first mode of operation, the authentication data comprising a hash file produced by a cryptographic hash function;
- storing the authentication data in a memory in a second mode of operation;
- restrict use of the authentication data dependent on successful authentication of the user;
- and
- reliably authenticating the object, based on the stored authentication data, an identification of the object, and the information defining at least one feature of the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.