VERIFICATION OF MOVEMENT OF ITEMS
First Claim
1. Verification apparatus for use in verification of a route taken during movement of an RFID tag (4), the verification apparatus comprising:
- a trusted platform module;
sealed storage (80) comprising a store (54) for storing a private key (68); and
one or more processors arranged to;
(i) use the private key (68) to provide, for the given RFID tag identity, an encrypted signature (9); and
(ii) forward data comprising the encrypted signature (9) to an RFID tag writer (22) for writing to the RFID tag (4).
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Abstract
Apparatus and system for verifying a route taken during movement of an RFID tag, comprising a trusted platform module; sealed storage (80) comprising one or more stores (50, 52) for storing a public key (64), a private key (68) and a policy (62); and processors arranged to: receive data (60) read-out from the RFID tag (4) and comprising an RFID tag identity and an encrypted signature (9); use the public key (64) to decrypt the encrypted signature (9); verify that the decrypted signature (9) corresponds to a first entity from which, according to the policy (62), a second entity is authorised to receive the given RFID tag (4); use the private key (68) to provide an encrypted signature (9); and forward data comprising the encrypted signature (9) to an RFID tag writer (22).
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1. Verification apparatus for use in verification of a route taken during movement of an RFID tag (4), the verification apparatus comprising:
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a trusted platform module; sealed storage (80) comprising a store (54) for storing a private key (68); and one or more processors arranged to; (i) use the private key (68) to provide, for the given RFID tag identity, an encrypted signature (9); and (ii) forward data comprising the encrypted signature (9) to an RFID tag writer (22) for writing to the RFID tag (4). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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4. Verification apparatus for use in verification of a route taken during movement of an RFID tag (4), the verification apparatus comprising:
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a trusted platform module; sealed storage (80) comprising one or more stores (50, 52) for storing a public key (64) and a policy (62); and one or more processors arranged to; (i) receive, from an RFID tag reader (22), data (60) read-out from the RFID tag (4) and comprising an RFID tag identity and an encrypted signature (9); (ii) use the public key (64) to decrypt the encrypted signature (9) from the data (60) read-out from the RFID tag (4); and (iii) verify that the decrypted signature (9) corresponds to a first entity from which, according to the policy (62), a second entity associated with the verification apparatus is authorised to receive an RFID tag (4) with the given RFID tag identity. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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