Certified quick response codes associated with top-level domains verified by trusted product certificate authority
AssigneeLocatorX, Inc.
InventorWilliam D. Meadow
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Abstract
A Certified Quick Response Code (“CQR”) is associated with a trusted Product Certificate Authority (“PCA”), which in turn is associated with a unique top-level domain (“TLD”). A CQR affixed to a product may point to a URL comprising the unique TLD. A consumer may know by virtue of the association of the TLD with the PCA that the product is legitimate, while a product manufacturer can better monitor counterfeit goods by further associating each CQR with a universal unique identifier.
Claims20
A method for verifying a commerce good authenticity, the method comprising the steps of:
- associating a unique identifier with a commerce good;
- designating an authenticity qualifier with the commerce good;
- associating a product certificate authority with the authenticity qualifier;
- generating an internet protocol uniform resource locator comprising a domain name and a top level domain and a path;
- generating a quick response code (“QR code”) comprising the unique identifier and the domain name and the top level domain and the path;
- generating a label comprising the QR code;
- affixing the label comprising a brand and the QR code to the commerce good;
- receiving into a computer server accessible via a communications network, a request to receive an artifact accessible by the computer server, the request comprising request data comprising the unique identifier, the domain name, the top level domain, the path, and an information string generated by a smart device scanning the QR code affixed to the commerce good;
- perform a comparison of the request data with historical data from an at least one previous request;
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- verify commerce good authenticity based on the comparison.
A commerce good label for verifying authenticity of a commerce good to which the commerce good label is attached, the commerce good label comprising:
- a QR code readable from a medium affixed to the commerce good, the QR code comprising an encoded URL including a protocol identifier, a resource name, a top-level domain associated with a product certificate authority;
- a universally unique identifier associated;
- a hash value;
- and a dynamic value, wherein when accessed by at least one computing device, the encoded URL causes the at least one computing device to send a request comprising request data to a computer server accessible via a communications network to cause the computer server to perform a comparison of the request data with historical data from an at least one previous request and commerce good authenticity is verified.
A method for tracking products in commerce, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a QR code comprising an encoded URL, wherein the encoded URL comprises a protocol identifier, a resource name, and a top-level domain, wherein the top-level domain is associated with a product certificate authority;
- certifying, through the product certificate authority, an authenticity of an artifact located at the encoded URL;
- affixing the QR code to a product;
- receiving into a server a request to access an artifact located on the server, wherein the server is in logical connection with a communications network and comprises a processor, a memory storing the artifact, and software executable on command, and wherein the request comprises a notification that a smart device in logical communication with the communications network has accessed the encoded URL via the communications network;
- performing a comparison of data from the request with historical data from an at least one previous request;
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- tracking the product based on the comparison of the data from the request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.