Package distinguishing system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSteven Simske, Lester Ortiz, Malena Mesarina, Vinay Deolalikar, Cyril Brignone, Guillaume Oget
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Abstract
A system for distinguishing a package includes a plurality of identifiers, where at least one of the identifiers is intentionally non-functional. The system also includes an identifier indicator that indicates the identity of the at least one of the identifiers that is intentionally non-functional. In addition, the identifier indicator is stored on at least one of the package and a database and is accessible by a user to authenticate the package.
Claims19
A system for distinguishing a package, said system comprising:
- a plurality of identifiers for the package, wherein at least one of the plurality of identifiers is intentionally non-functional and visible to the naked eye, and wherein non-functionality of the at least one of the plurality of identifiers is indistinguishable to the naked eye;
- and
- an identifier indicator that indicates the identity of the at least one of the plurality of identifiers that is intentionally non-functional, wherein the identifier indicator is stored on at least one of the package and a database, and wherein the identifier indicator is accessible by a user to authenticate the package.
A method for distinguishing a package, the method comprising:
- providing identifiers with respect to the package, wherein at least one of the identifiers is intentionally non-functional and visible to the naked eye, and wherein non-functionality of the at least one of the identifiers is indistinguishable to the naked eye;
- identifying which of the identifiers is intentionally non-functional in an identifier indicator;
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- storing the identifier indicator.
A method for authenticating a package having identifiers, said method comprising:
- reading the identifiers;
- identifying from an identifier indicator which of the identifiers is intentionally non-functional and visible to the naked eye wherein non-functionality of the identifiers is indistinguishable to the naked eye;
- comparing the read identifiers with the identities of intentionally non-functional identifiers;
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- authenticating the package based upon the comparison of the read identifiers and the identities of the intentionally non-functional identifiers.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of means for storing information pertaining to a package, wherein at least one of the means for storing information is intentionally non-functional and visible to the naked eye, and wherein non-functionality of the at least one of the means for storing information is indistinguishable to the naked eye;
- means for identifying which of the means for storing information is intentionally non-functional;
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- means for storing the means for identifying.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.