System and method to authenticate products
AssigneeAdvanced Programs Group, LLC
InventorBekim Veseli
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Abstract
A system and method to authenticate products. The method includes storing identity data corresponding to products to be sold into a database, accessing the database at a point-of-sale of a product, and determining the authenticity of the product at the point-of-sale by comparing the product's identity data with the identity data stored in the database.
Claims30
A method to authenticate products, the method comprising:
- registering a product in an authentication platform after manufacture;
- updating the product's registration in the authentication platform after the product enters commercial distribution;
- authenticating a product being sold at a point-of-sale;
- and
- further updating the product's registration in the authentication platform when the product being sold is certified as authentic.
A method to authenticate products, the method comprising:
- storing identity data corresponding to a product in an authentication platform;
- accessing the authentication platform during an ownership transfer operation for the product;
- providing identity data for the product during the ownership transfer operation;
- and
- determining the authenticity of the product by comparing the product's identity data provided during the ownership transfer operation with the identity data stored in the authentication platform.
A system to authenticate retail products, comprising:
- an authentication platform to register and authenticate products;
- and
- a point-of-sale device to access the authentication platform,
- wherein the authentication platform stores identity data collected from a manufacturer to register the manufacturer as an initial owner of the product in the authentication platform, and the registration of the product is updated as the product moves through commerce, and
- wherein the point-of-sale device accesses the authentication platform during a sale operation to authenticate a product being sold by comparing identity data of the product being sold to identity data of the product in the authentication platform to determine if the product being sold is authentic.
A computer program product stored on tangible computer readable media, the computer program product, when executed by a computer, providing a method to authenticate products, the method comprising:
- registering a product in an authentication platform after manufacture;
- updating the product's registration in the authentication platform after the product enters commercial distribution;
- authenticating a sale of the product at a point-of-sale;
- and
- further updating the product's registration in the authentication platform when the product sold at the point-of-sale is certified as authentic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.