System Method and Apparatus for Anti Counterfeiting Serialization
AssigneeAvery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
InventorsPaul A. Chamandy, John W. Moliski
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Abstract
An anti-counterfeiting serialization method. The method can include receiving an input serial number, locating a seed character at a predetermined position in the input serial number, determining, based on the seed character, a first output position for an incrementing character of the input serial number, determining, based on the incrementing character, at least one second output position for at least one remaining character of the input serial number, and generating an output serial number having the incrementing character in the first output position and at least one remaining character in the at least one second output position.
Claims20
A method of descrambling a scrambled serial number for an anti-counterfeiting serialization method comprising:
- receiving a scrambled serial number;
- locating a seed character at a predetermined position in the scrambled serial number;
- determining a position of an incrementing character in the scrambled serial number by referencing a sequence position table;
- determining an output position of the incrementing character and at least one remaining character by referencing a scramble sequence table;
- and
- further determining any remaining output positions by comparing a selected scramble sequence to unscrambled positions;
- where an output unscrambled serial number may be generated after all output positions have been determined.
A label having a serial number for an anti-counterfeiting comprising the steps of:
- receiving an input serial number;
- locating a seed character at a predetermined position in the input serial number;
- determining, based on the seed character, a first output position for an incrementing character of the input serial number;
- determining, based on the incrementing character, at least one second output position for at least one remaining character of the input serial number,
- generating an output serial number having the incrementing character in the first output position and at least one remaining character in the at least one second output position;
- and
- printing a label with the output serial number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.