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APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMER AUTHENTICATION OF AN ITEM

  • US 20130097085A1
  • Filed: 12/05/2012
  • Published: 04/18/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for authentication of one or more item(s) or one or more label(s) comprising:

  • one or more processors;

    a communications interface communicably coupled to the one or more processors;

    one or more media devices communicably coupled to the one or more processors;

    one or more memory devices communicably coupled to the one or more processors, wherein at least one of the memory devices contain non-transitory computer readable instructions when executed by at least one of the processors causes the processor(s) 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 are used to authenticate the item(s) or label(s) from the one or more media devices, obtaining the unique random serial number(s) or code(s) from a server device via the 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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