System and method for tracking and authenticating items through an internet web site
OwnerGeorge Harold Baus, Peter Ralph Anderson +1inventors
InventorsGeorge Harold Baus, Peter Ralph Anderson, Joseph Donald Pleshek
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Abstract
A method of securely tracking an item using an internet web site for a user to verify that the item is genuine, comprises entering a code to obtain secure access to the web site; selecting the item from a list on the web site; determining whether the code is authentic; allowing modification of tracking data if the code is determined to be authentic; and sending an alert as to a fraud potential if the code is determined to be not authentic.
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A method of securely tracking an item using an internet web site for a user to verify that the item is genuine, comprising:
- entering a code to obtain secure access to the web site;
- selecting the item from a list on the web site;
- determining whether the code is authentic;
- allowing modification of tracking data if the code is determined to be authentic;
- and
- sending an alert as to a fraud potential if the code is determined to be not authentic.
A method of defining and customizing a web site for a user to verify that an item is genuine, comprising:
- adding the item onto a database linked to the web site to create an item record;
- adding a name or a character identifying a substrate attached to the item;
- and
- assigning a security access level to the user on the web site.
A method of entering security data on a web site for a user to verify that a an item is genuine, comprising:
- entering a code to obtain secure access to the web site;
- selecting the item from a list on the web site;
- modifying information relating to a substrate attached to the item;
- and
- saving the modified information onto a database linked to the web site.
A method of securely investigating an item using an internet web site for an investigator to verify that the item is genuine, comprising:
- entering a code to obtain secure access to the web site;
- selecting the item from a list on the web site;
- determining whether the code is authentic;
- allowing the investigator to inquire about the item if the code is determined to be authentic;
- and
- sending an alert as to a fraud potential if the code is determined to be not authentic.
A method of performing security management on an investigator using an internet web site that allows a user to view a record of the investigator, comprising:
- identifying the investigator;
- requesting a report based on the identification on items scanned by the investigator to determine whether the items are genuine;
- and
- limiting the items scanned by the investigator to a desired period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.