# US 11,115,787 B1 · Method and system for assigning ownership of a marked physical item involving track and trace

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- Number: US 11,115,787 B1
- Document ID: US11115787B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/886,393
- Filed: 2020-05-28
- Published: 2021-08-26
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2020-02-26
- Assignees: Kezzler AS
- Applicants: Kezzler AS
- Inventors: Magnar Løken
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11115787B1

## CPC

- H04W 4/35: for the management of goods or merchandise
- G06Q 10/0833: Tracking
- G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
- G06Q 10/08741: {by picking of items from inventory for fulfillment}
- G06Q 10/0877: {by inventory control or reporting using inventory tracking or counting}
- G06Q 20/18: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
- G06Q 20/3276: {using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device}
- G06Q 20/4014: {Identity check for transactions}
- G06Q 20/409: {Device specific authentication in transaction processing}
- G06Q 30/0641: {utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping}
- G07G 1/0081: {the reader being a portable scanner or data reader (G07G1/009 takes precedence)}
- H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services
- H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS

## Abstract

A code attribution control system includes unique codes. Each code is arranged or marked openly accessible legible or scannable on a sales item. One or more of the sales items is openly and freely displayed and for sale within a physical border of a physical shop. The item initially is allocated a status code attribute as “not sold” in said attribution control system, wherein for a consumer to establish ownership or indication of ownership of the item, the consumer scans and registers the code outside the border of the shop. The status code attribute is changed to “sold” in the attribution control system, after which owner restricted services related to the item will be made available to the consumer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A code attribution control system, comprising
a code resource of unique codes, wherein each said code is arranged for being placed or marked openly accessible legible or scannable on one or more sales items; and
a track and trace system arranged for tracking and tracing each single item individually in a logistical supply chain,
wherein the items' codes are scanned and/or registered by the track and trace system when the items are received/delivered and supplied to a shop, whereby the code of said item is registered in said track and trace system to be stocked by the shop,
wherein said one or more sales items are arranged for being openly and freely displayed and for sale within a physical border of the physical shop,
wherein each said code marked items initially are allocated a status code attribute as “not sold” in said attribution control system,
wherein, for a consumer in possession of said code marked item and at a position outside said border, to establish ownership or indication of ownership of said item, the consumer scans and registers said code to an attribution control system from said position outside said border of the shop,
whereby said status code attribute is changed to “sold” in said attribution control system, and
whereby ownership of the code marked item is associated to a consumer identity is registered in the control attribute system, after which owner restricted services related to said code marked item will be made available to the consumer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The code attribution control system of claim 1, wherein the consumer identity is associated to a device identity of a customer portable device and is registered in said code attribution system.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The code attribution control system of claim 2, wherein the consumer identity having ownership of the code marked item is registered in said track and trace system.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The code attribution control system of claim 2, whereafter said status code attribute is changed to “sold” in said attribution control system, and upon said owner restricted services related to said item is made available to the consumer, said status code attribute=“sold” is communicated indicating successful ownership registered as “sold to consumer”, or “owned by consumer”, or reg. number and associated with device identity of said user operable portable device from said attribution control system to said portable device, thereby enabling owner restricted services to said consumer operated portable device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The code attribution control system of claim 4, wherein an activating code is part of said owner restricted services, either to said consumer operated portable device communicating with said sold item and sending said activation code for activating said item, or directly communicated to said sold item, said activation code activating said item.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The code attribution control system of claim 5, wherein said consumer identity is registered in a personal record in a consumer database accessible to said attribution control system.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The code attribution control system of claim 1, wherein said item initially is allocated a status code attribute as “not sold” in said attribution control system, already when said item is marked at a marking and packaging location before being transported from the manufacturing location and packaging/marking location to the shop.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The code attribution control system of claim 1, wherein said code marked physical item is allocated the status code “not sold” when the unique code marked physical item is registered by the track and trace system as being on stock or displayed for sale in the shop.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The code attribution control system of claim 1, wherein the consumer uses a portable device with a customer operated code scanner scanning said code, and said consumer operable portable device communicates said scanned code to said attribution control system.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The code attribution control system of claim 1, wherein said logistical supply chain comprises one or more of:
a marking and packaging location;
a re-packaging location;
a tracking location; and
said shop.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The code attribution control system of claim 1, wherein the consumer, while scanning and registering the code, is considered as outside said border when receiving a position given by a position indicating device in or connected to said portable device with said customer operable code scanner, and said position is deemed or calculated to be outside of the control border.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The code attribution control system of claim 11 wherein said customer operable portable device is a mobile phone or a computer, with said customer operated code scanner being a camera, any type of bar code code scanner, or a contactless code scanner including an RFID/near-field communication scanner.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The code attribution control system of claim 11, wherein said shop border is a virtual representation of the geographical extension the shop, or a digital representation of a border, material or not, of the shop.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The code attribution control system of claim 1, comprising a source of unique codes or a code generator arranged to generate unique codes arranged in a digital or physical code file of such unique codes, and for transferring said codes to said marking and packaging location.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The code attribution control system of claim 14, wherein each unique code comprises a first code part and a second code part which is unique under said first code part.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The code attribution control system of claim 15, wherein said code is encrypted to a unique encrypted code in an encryption unit in said code generator.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The code attribution control system of claim 15, wherein on said marking and packaging location is registered a hierarchical packaging relation for each current unique code marked item, and
wherein said hierarchical packaging relation of current item comprises a parent, code marked item, if present and containing the current code marked item, containing one or more child, code marked items, if present and contained in said current item.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The code attribution control system of claim 17, wherein for each current item hierarchical code relations of current item are established based on said hierarchical packaging relations,
wherein said packaging hierarchical code relations comprises a unique code of parent item containing the current item, and a unique code of current item, and one or more unique codes of child items contained in said current item.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The code attribution system of claim 18, wherein said hierarchical code relations is stored as a first part of a record at an address of a data storage, said address corresponding to the unique code of said current item.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The code attribution control system of claim 19, wherein for each current item a simplified part of said hierarchical code relations of current item are recorded in said record, and
wherein said hierarchical code relations for said current item written to said record comprise a unique code of parent item containing the current item, and one or more unique codes of child items contained in said current item.

### Claim 21 (depends on 17)

The code attribution control system of claim 17, wherein on a re-packaging location is registered or occurs a change in the packaging relations relative to previous packaging relations, i.e. a hierarchical re-packaging relation for each current, unique code marked item, and
wherein said hierarchical re-packaging relation of current item comprises a parent, code marked item, if present, containing a current, code marked item further containing one or more child, code marked items, if present, contained in said current item.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The code attribution control system of claim 21, wherein for each current item re-packaging hierarchical code relations of current item are established based on said hierarchical re-packaging relations, and
wherein said re-packaging hierarchical code relations comprises a unique code of parent item containing the current item, a unique code of current item, and one or more unique codes of child items contained in said current item.

### Claim 23 (depends on 22)

The code attribution system of claim 22, wherein said hierarchical re-packaging code relations are stored as a subsequent part of the record at the same address in a data storage said address corresponding to the unique code of said current item.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The code attribution control system of claim 23, wherein for each current item a simplified part of said hierarchical re-packaging code relations of current item are added to the record, and
wherein said re-packaging hierarchical code relations for said current item added to said record comprise a unique code of parent item containing the current item, and one or more unique codes of child items contained in said current item.

### Claim 25 (depends on 24)

The code attribution control system of claim 24, wherein when or before establishing said record at said address the first time said hierarchical code relations are written to said record, reserving/allocating space for said hierarchical packaging code relations and a number of re-packaging hierarchical code-relations considered sufficient for a largest reasonable probable size and number of said hierarchical packaging and re-packaging code relations related to the nature of said items and their packaging structure of said items.

### Claim 26 (depends on 14)

The code attribution control system of claim 14, wherein said unique code may be scanned in the shop, thus having a position inside the borders of said shop, using a consumer operated device, by non-owners, for the potential buyer to communicate said unique code to said central data register to obtain general information about said item or to said track and trace system to obtain item specific information, including price, requirements for use, recommended compatible products, or recall status.