Method and device for verifying owner of article
First Claim
1. A method of verifying whether a person is a genuine owner of an article, the method comprising:
- reading electromagnetically a first keyword stored in an RFID tag any one of built into and affixed externally to an article;
receiving a second keyword from the person; and
comparing the first keyword and the second keyword, and determining that the person is a genuine owner of the article if the first keyword and the second keyword are identical.
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Abstract
A manufacturer of an article generates a keyword, and electromagnetically writes the keyword into an RFID and prints the keyword on a guarantee card. The RFID tag is then affixed to the article, and the article is packed along with the guarantee card and shipped. When making a sale, a retail store hands over the guarantee card to a customer who buys the article. When the customer wishes to sell the article, a purchasing store reads the keyword written to the RFID tag affixed to the article and asks the customer to furnish the keyword. If the keyword furnished by the customer, by referring to the guarantee card, etc., is identical to the keyword read from the RFID tag, the customer is deemed a genuine owner of the article.
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1. A method of verifying whether a person is a genuine owner of an article, the method comprising:
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reading electromagnetically a first keyword stored in an RFID tag any one of built into and affixed externally to an article;
receiving a second keyword from the person; and
comparing the first keyword and the second keyword, and determining that the person is a genuine owner of the article if the first keyword and the second keyword are identical. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device for verifying whether a person is a genuine owner of an article, the owner verification device comprising:
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a keyword reading unit that electromagnetically reads a first keyword stored in an RFID tag any one of built into and affixed externally to an article;
a keyword inputting unit that accepts input of a second keyword from the person; and
an authenticating unit that compares the first keyword and the second keyword, and determines that the person is a genuine owner of the article if the first keyword and the second keyword are identical. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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