Authentication of devices by indicators on device packaging
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsScott K. Hymas, Gabriel S. McDaniel, Dennis A. Abramsohn, Christopher P. Murschel
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Abstract
An example apparatus includes a packaging container, and any of a label and an electronic tag detachably connected to the packaging container and including an electrical code set for electrical authentication upon removal of any of the label and the electronic tag from the packaging container and being affixed to a device associated with the packaging container, wherein the electrical authentication is to validate the packaging container and the device as original equipment manufacturer components. Any of the label and the packaging container is altered upon removal of the label from the packaging container.
Claims19
An assembly comprising:
- a device;
- a packaging container to hold the device;
- a label attached to the device and comprising an indicator including one or more of an audio device or a light-emitting device, and an electrical signature;
- and
- a processing circuit coupled to the device to:
- compare the electrical signature of the label to a pre-programmed validation key of the processing circuit;
- authenticate a validity of the device when the electrical signature and the pre-programmed validation key are harmonized;
- and
- enable operation of the device upon authentication,
- wherein the indicator outputs one or more of a visual indication or an audio indication upon authentication, and
- wherein the label is to be initially attached to the packaging container, to be removed from the packaging container, and to be subsequently attached to the device.
A device comprising:
- a housing body;
- an electronic tag detachably connected to the housing body and comprising an indicator including one or more of an audio device or a light-emitting device, and an electrical code;
- and
- a circuit chip in the housing body and communicatively linked to the electronic tag, the circuit chip to:
- read the electrical code of the electronic tag;
- and
- authenticate the housing body as being an original equipment manufacturer component when the electrical code is accepted by the circuit chip;
- and
- cause the indicator to output one or more of a visual indication or an audio indication when the electrical code is accepted by the circuit chip.
An apparatus comprising:
- a packaging container;
- and
- any of a label and an electronic tag detachably connected to the packaging container and comprising an indicator including one or more of an audio device or a light-emitting device, and an electrical code set for electrical authentication upon removal of any of the label and the electronic tag from the packaging container and being affixed to a device associated with the packaging container,
- wherein the electrical authentication is to validate the packaging container and the device as original equipment manufacturer components, and to cause the indicator to output one or more of a visual indication or an audio indication when the electrical code is accepted by the circuit chip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.