Content verification system for opaque sealed containers

• US 10,095,901 B1
• Filed: 01/31/2017
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Can of Bliss LLC
• Original Assignee: Bliss Distribution, Inc.
• Inventors: Fogarty, Matthew John
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Habib, Asifa
• Application Number:
  US15/421,277
• Time in Patent Office: 616 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10861 sensing of data fields affixed to objects or articles, e.g. coded labels postal sorting B07C3/14, conveying articles B65G47/48
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0213 Concealed data
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0272 Labels for containers
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0291 Labels or tickets undergoing a change under particular conditions, e.g. heat, radiation, passage of time
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0297 including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code digitally marked record carriers in general G06K19/00

Abstract

A method, system, and database for facilitating verification of a content of a sealed container are provided. The method includes receiving one or more images of the content of the sealed container. The one or more images of the content are captured prior to sealing the content in the sealed container. A unique code is associated with the one or more images of the content. The unique code is printed for affixing the printed unique code on an exterior of the sealed container. Storage of the one or more images and the unique code is facilitated in a database. The one or more images are retrievable from the database based on providing the unique code to the database.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, one or more images of a content of a sealed container, the one or more images of the content captured prior to sealing the content in the sealed container;

receiving, by the processor, supplemental information associated with the content from an input device, the supplemental information comprising name and description of the content, a date of manufacture of the content, and ancillary information, the description of the content comprising place of origin of the content, a place of manufacture, and name of manufacturer;

authenticating the input device;

associating, by the processor, a unique code with the one or more images and with the supplemental information of the content;

associating, by the processor, a weblink to the unique code;

facilitating, by the processor, printing of the unique code for affixing the printed unique code on an exterior of the sealed container;

facilitating, by the processor, printing a subset of one or more images for affixing the subset on the exterior of the sealed container, wherein the subset of the one or more images is altered in resolution and size based on size and packaging constraint of the sealed container and also, in comparison to the one or more images before printing;

facilitating, by the processor, storage of the one or more images, the supplemental information and the unique code in a database such that the one or more images and the supplemental information are retrievable from the database via web access provided to the database through the weblink associated with the unique code;

receiving a request from an electronic device to access the one or more images and the supplemental information through the weblink;

retrieving the one or more images using the unique code; and

providing the one or more images for display on the electronic device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein affixing the printed unique code on the exterior of the sealed container comprises printing the unique code on the exterior of the sealed container using three dimensional printing.

3. A method, comprising:

accessing, by a processor of an electronic device, a unique code associated with a content of a sealed container by capturing an image of the unique code, wherein the unique code is affixed on an exterior of the sealed container and is a machine readable code;

sending, by the processor, a request associated with the unique code to a database that stores one or more images and supplemental information of the content corresponding to the unique code, the one or more images of the content captured prior to sealing the content in the sealed container, wherein the request is sent to the database by identifying a weblink associated with the unique code and using the weblink to access the database, the supplemental information comprising name and description of the content, a date of manufacture of the content, and ancillary information, the description of the content comprising place of origin of the content, a place of manufacture, and name of manufacturer;

retrieving, by the processor, the one or more images and the supplemental information associated with the unique code from the database; and

facilitating, by the processor, display of the retrieved one or more images and the supplemental information at a display screen associated with the electronic device.

4. A sealed container, comprising:

a subset of one or more images of a content of the sealed container provided at an exterior of the sealed container;

a scratch and sniff label configured to enable a user to scratch and sniff an odor representing the odor of the content; and

a unique code provided at the exterior of the sealed container;

wherein the unique code is configured to be used by an electronic device to retrieve the one or more images and supplemental information of the content stored in a database, the supplemental information comprising name and description of the content, a date of manufacture of the content, and ancillary information, the description of the content comprising place of origin of the content, a place of manufacture, and name of manufacturer.