System for checking the authenticity of products

A system for checking the authenticity of a product, according to which the product is provided with an identification, the information of which is read out by a detector and is transmitted to a database via a control and communication unit which controls the detector and a signal element, and an information network connected to the control and communication unit and is compared with information stored there, wherein a decision regarding the authenticity or inauthenticity of the product is generated as a result of the comparison and the result of this decision is signaled at the location of the product by the signal element,

• wherein the product is a packaged foodstuff and the detector is arranged in a refrigerator in which the product is placed,
• wherein the refrigerator is combined with a device for taking back deposit packages, the deposit packages being the packaging part of products provided with the identification, the device comprising a detector which reads the identification, the information from which is transmitted to the database via a control and communication unit, which controls the detector and a signal element, and via the information network, and by comparing data stored in the database a decision is generated as to whether the deposit packaging is genuine and whether a deposit has not already been paid out for it.

A system for checking the authenticity of a product, according to which the product is provided with an identification, the information of which is read out by a detector and is transmitted to a database via a control and communication unit which controls the detector and a signal element, and an information network connected to the control and communication unit and is compared with information stored there, wherein a decision regarding the authenticity or inauthenticity of the product is generated as a result of the comparison and the result of this decision is signaled at the location of the product by the signal element,

• wherein the product is a packaged foodstuff and the detector is arranged in a refrigerator in which the product is placed,
• wherein the refrigerator is part of a vending machine,
• wherein a detector for recognizing registered customers is present in the area of the refrigerator, one or more product purchases and, if applicable, one or more deposit returns are assigned to the respective accounts of respectively recognized customers, and the exchange of information between a database containing the customer accounts and the detector for recognizing registered customers takes place via the control and communication unit and the information network connected thereto.