AUTHENTICATION METHOD DURING PRODUCT TRANSACTIONS

• US 20080106372A1
• Filed: 12/12/2006
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MStar Semiconductor Incorporated (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MStar Semiconductor Incorporated (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chang, Wei
• Application Number:
  US11/609,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20080106372A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/08 by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means without personal verification means G07F7/02
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/12 Card verification
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0045 with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/009 the reader being an RFID reader

Abstract

In a authentication method during product transactions, contact information of a data platform is first written into an RFID tag before integrating the RFID tag with a product. Next, the unique identifier of the RFID tag, the product information and the identification data related to the legitimate owner of the product are stored in the data platform. During a transaction between a buyer and a seller, the buyer receives the contact information of the data platform, the unique identifier of the RFID tag, and the seller information using an electronic device. Based on the contact information of the data platform, the buyer transmits the unique identifier of the RFID tag and the seller information to the data platform. If the seller information matches the identification data related to the legitimate owner of the product, the data platform outputs a confirm signal to the electronic device of the buyer.

Claims

1. A authentication method during product transactions comprising:

writing a contact information of a data platform into a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag;

integrating the RFID tag with a product;

storing a first identification data related to the RFID tag, a second identification data related to the product, and a third identification data related to a product owner into the data platform;

a buyer receiving the contact information of the data platform and the first identification data using a first electronic device;

the buyer transmitting the first identification data and a fourth identification data related to a seller to the data platform using the first electronic device based on the contact information of the data platform; and

the data platform outputting a transaction signal to the first electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first electronic device includes a means for accessing the RFID tag.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

a buyer storing the fourth identification data in a second electronic device.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the second electronic device includes a means for accessing the RFID tag.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the buyer accesses the RFID tag for receiving the contact information of the data platform and the first identification data using the first electronic device.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

the seller transmitting the fourth identification data to the first electronic device using a second electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the second electronic device transmits the fourth identification data to the first electronic device based on bluetooth or near field communication (NFC) standards.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

the seller accessing the first identification data and the contact information of the data platform using a second electronic device; and

the seller transmitting the first identification data, the fourth identification data, and the contact information of the data platform to the first electronic device.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the second electronic device transmits the first identification data, the fourth identification data, and the contact information of the data platform to the first electronic device based on bluetooth or NFC standards.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the third identification data includes a name and a contact information of the product owner.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

the data platform determining whether the fourth identification data corresponds to the third identification data.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

the data platform demanding a replay signal from the seller when the fourth identification data corresponds to the third identification data.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

the seller transmitting the replay signal to the data platform using the second electronic device.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the replay signal includes a preset code of the product owner.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

the data platform outputting the transaction signal to the first electronic device when the reply signal corresponds to the preset code of the product owner.

16. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

the data platform demanding a fifth identification data related to the buyer from the buyer when the fourth identification data corresponds to the third identification data.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the fifth identification data includes a name, a contact information, and a preset code of the buyer.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

the data platform updating data related to the product owner based on the fifth identification data.

19. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

the data platform adding a transaction data based on the fourth and fifth identification data.

20. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

the data platform outputting the transaction signal as a warning signal to the first electronic device when the reply signal does not correspond to the preset code of the product owner.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein the first identification data includes a unique identifier (UID) of the RFID tag.

22. The method of claim 1 wherein the contact information of the data platform is an IP address of the data platform.

23. The method of claim 1 wherein the second identification data includes a name or a description of the product.

24. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

the buyer connecting to the data platform using the first electronic device and via a wireless network based on the contact information of the data platform.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the buyer connects to the data platform via the wireless network based on general packet radio service (GPRS), wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), or third generation (3G) standards.

26. A authentication method during product transactions comprising:

writing a contact information of a data platform into an RFID tag;

integrating the RFID tag with a product;

storing a first identification data related to the RFID tag, a second identification data related to the product, and a third identification data related to a product owner into the data platform;

a buyer receiving the contact information of the data platform and the first identification data using a first electronic device;

the buyer transmitting the first identification data to the data platform using the first electronic device based on the contact information of the data platform; and

the data platform outputting a reply signal to the first electronic device.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein the third identification data includes data of the product owner and a preset code of the product owner.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein the reply signal includes the second identification data and the data of the product owner.

29. The method of claim 27 further comprising:

connecting to the data platform;

inputting the preset code of the product owner to the data platform;

updating the product owner to the buyer; and

updating the preset code of the product owner.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein inputting the preset code to the data platform is the product owner inputting the preset code to the data platform.

31. The method of claim 27 wherein after receiving the preset code of the product owner, the buyer connects to the data platform for inputting the preset code of the product owner.

32. The method of claim 31 wherein the buyer connects to the data platform using the first electronic device.

33. The method of claim 26 wherein the first electronic device includes a means for accessing the RFID tag.

34. The method of claim 30 further wherein the preset code is stored in a second electronic device of the owner.