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Open registry for identity of things including social record feature

  • US 10,210,527 B2
  • Filed: 07/09/2016
  • Issued: 02/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An item profile, open registry and authentication system, the system comprising:

  • one or more physical items;

    one or more identity tags each coupled to one of the physical items, the identity tags each storing a private key and a unique identifier and configured to enable the unique identifier to be wirelessly read but prevent the private key from being read from the tag;

    a mobile device storing an item application and configured to wirelessly read the unique identifier from one or more of the identity tags when proximate to the one or more of the tags, wherein the item application generates and stores an item profile including item information for each of the physical items and displays the item profile associated with one of the physical items when the identity tag coupled to the one of the physical items is scanned by the device, wherein the item application enables an owner of one of the physical items to identify one or more portions of the item profile as being private and the item application refrains from displaying the one or more portions the item profile when the item profile is displayed; and

    a open registry storing the unique identifier and a public key of each of the physical items, wherein the public key is associated with the private key stored on the identity tag coupled to the physical item.

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