Apparatus for Customer Authentication of an Item
First Claim
1. A device for authentication of an item or a label comprising:
- a processor;
a memory device;
one or more media devices;
a post-content manager comprising computer readable instructions in the memory device when executed by the processor causes the processor during or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s) to perform the steps of obtaining a pointer to each of one or more unique random serial numbers or codes that can be used to authenticate the item or label from the one or more media devices, obtaining the unique random serial number(s) or code(s) from a server device via a communications interface using the pointer(s), and transmitting the obtained unique random serial number(s) or code(s) to the one or more media devices; and
wherein the media device(s) imprint the received unique random serial number(s) or code(s) on the item(s) or the label(s).
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Abstract
An apparatus 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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16 Claims
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1. A device for authentication of an item or a label comprising:
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a processor; a memory device; one or more media devices; a post-content manager comprising computer readable instructions in the memory device when executed by the processor causes the processor during or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s) to perform the steps of obtaining a pointer to each of one or more unique random serial numbers or codes that can be used to authenticate the item or label from the one or more media devices, obtaining the unique random serial number(s) or code(s) from a server device via a communications interface using the pointer(s), and transmitting the obtained unique random serial number(s) or code(s) to the one or more media devices; and wherein the media device(s) 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, 16)
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