System and Method for Customer Authentication of an Item
First Claim
1. A system for authentication of an item or a label comprising:
- one or more clients, wherein each client has a data storage, a post-content manager and one or more media devices communicably coupled to the data storage and the post-content manager;
a server communicably coupled to the one or more clients, wherein the server stores one or more unique random serial numbers or codes in a secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label, generates a pointer to each stored unique random serial number or code stored in the secure storage, and sends at least one of the generated pointer(s) to at least one of the clients; and
wherein during or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s);
(a) the post-content manager obtains the generated pointer(s) from the media device, obtains the unique random serial number(s) or code(s) from the server using the generated pointer(s), and transmits the obtained unique random serial number(s) or code(s) to the one or more media devices, and (b) the media device imprint the received unique random serial number(s) or code(s) on the item(s) or the label(s).
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Abstract
A system, apparatus and method is provided for authentication of an item or a label by storing unique random serial numbers or codes in a remote secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label, generating a pointer to each stored unique random serial number/code and storing the generated pointer(s) in a client data storage. During or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s): the generated point(s) are sent from the client data storage to one or more media devices, the generated pointer(s) are obtained from the media device using a post-content manager, the unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are obtained from the server via the post-content manager using the generated pointer(s), the obtained unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are sent to the media device, and the received unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are imprinted on the item(s) or the label(s) using the media device.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for authentication of an item or a label comprising:
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one or more clients, wherein each client has a data storage, a post-content manager and one or more media devices communicably coupled to the data storage and the post-content manager; a server communicably coupled to the one or more clients, wherein the server stores one or more unique random serial numbers or codes in a secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label, generates a pointer to each stored unique random serial number or code stored in the secure storage, and sends at least one of the generated pointer(s) to at least one of the clients; and wherein during or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s);
(a) the post-content manager obtains the generated pointer(s) from the media device, obtains the unique random serial number(s) or code(s) from the server using the generated pointer(s), and transmits the obtained unique random serial number(s) or code(s) to the one or more media devices, and (b) the media device imprint the received unique random serial number(s) or code(s) on the item(s) or the label(s). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for authentication of an item or a label comprising:
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a communications interface to a remote server having a secure storage, wherein the remote server stores one or more unique random serial numbers or codes in the secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label and generates a pointer to each stored unique random serial number or code; a data storage that stores the generated pointer(s); one or more media devices communicably coupled to the data storage; a post-content manager communicably coupled with the server via the communications interface and the media device; and wherein during or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s);
(a) the post-content manager obtains the generated pointer(s) from the media device, obtains the unique random serial number(s) or code(s) from the server using the generated pointer(s), and transmits the obtained unique random serial number(s) or code(s) to the one or more media devices, and (b) the media device imprint the received unique random serial number(s) or code(s) on the item(s) or the label(s). - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method for authentication of an item or a label comprising the steps of:
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storing one or more unique random serial numbers or codes in a remote secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label; generating a pointer to each stored unique random serial number or code; storing the generated pointer(s) in a data storage of a client; and during or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s);
(a) sending the generated point(s) from the data storage of the client to one or more media devices, (b) obtaining the generated pointer(s) from the media device using a post-content manager, (c) obtaining the unique random serial number(s) or code(s) from the server via the post-content manager using the generated pointer(s), (d) sending the obtained unique random serial number(s) or code(s) to the media device, and (e) imprinting the received unique random serial number(s) or code(s) on the item(s) or the label(s) using the media device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for authentication of an item or a label comprising:
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a code segment for storing one or more unique random serial numbers or codes in a remote secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label; a code segment for generating a pointer to each stored unique random serial number or code; a code segment for storing the generated pointer(s) in a data storage of a client; and during or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s);
(a) a code segment for sending the generated point(s) from the data storage of the client to one or more media devices, (b) a code segment for obtaining the generated pointer(s) from the media device using a post-content manager, (c) a code segment for obtaining the unique random serial number(s) or code(s) from the server via the post-content manager using the generated pointer(s), (d) a code segment for sending the obtained unique random serial number(s) or code(s) to the media device, and (e) a code segment for imprinting the received unique random serial number(s) or code(s) on the item(s) or the label(s) using the media device.
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