AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20190005285A1
• Filed: 08/21/2018
• Published: 01/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ARK Ideaz Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ARK Ideaz Incorporated
• Inventors: FELDMAN, Randy
• Granted Patent: US 11,281,875 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/878 Combination of several spaced transmitters or receivers of known location for determining the position of a transponder or a reflector G01S13/874 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/04 Position of source determined by a plurality of spaced direction-finders
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10346 the antenna being of the far field type, e.g. HF types or dipoles
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0185 Product, service or business identity fraud
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources

Abstract

A system includes a first computing device having a first non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, first communication circuitry, and at least one first processor in communication with the first non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and the first communication circuitry. The at least one first processor is configured to execute instructions stored in the first non-transitory machine-readable storage medium to cause the first communication circuitry to receive a first signal from a first transmission medium, calculate a first authentication value for an object based on data included in the first signal, and cause the first communication circuitry to transmit a second signal to the first transmission medium. The second signal identifies whether the object is authentic based, at least in part, on the first authentication value.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a first plurality of processing devices communicatively coupled to one another by way of a network, each of the first plurality of processing devices configured to;

receive a first message from at least one of a second plurality of processing devices, the request including data concerning a transaction;

generate, in response to the first message, a first value, wherein the first value is based, at least in part, on data included in the first message;

perform a comparison of the first value to a second value stored in a respective database communicatively coupled to the processing device; and

transmit a second message to the at least one of the second plurality of processing devices, the second message including data indicative of an outcome of the comparison.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the transaction includes a purchase of an object, and wherein the transaction is initiated by the at least one of the second plurality of processing devices.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the first value is an authentication value for determining whether the object is authentic.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second value is an authentication value for an object.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the second value is stored in the respective database in encrypted form.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first plurality of processing devices is configured to update the respective database periodically with authentication values for a number of objects.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the database stores version history and tracking information for each of a plurality of objects.

8. A system, comprising:

a first computing device communicatively coupled to a network and to a first database, the first computing device configured to;

receive a first message, the first message including data concerning a transaction;

generate, in response to the first message, a first value, wherein the first value is based, at least in part, on data included in the first message;

compare the first value and a second value accessed from the first database; and

a second computing device communicatively coupled to the network and to a second database, wherein the second computing device is configured to;

receive a second message from the first computing device,

wherein the second message is generated by the first computing device in response to comparing the first value and the second value, and

wherein the second computing device is configured to compare at least one of the first value and the second value to a third value accessed from the second database.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the second computing device is configured to transmit a third message to the first computing device, the third message including a result based on a comparison of the at least one of the first value and the second value to the third value.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the first database and the second database is configured store data concerning at least one characteristic of an object.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one characteristic includes tracking data for the object.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least on characteristic includes at least one of a bar code number associated with the object and a serial number of the object.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the second computing device is configured to transmit a third message to a computing device that initiated the transaction and from which the first computing device received the first message, the third message including a result based on a comparison of the at least one of the first value and the second value to the third value.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the second computing device is configured to determine, based at least in part on comparing the first value and the third value, whether an object is likely to be counterfeit.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the second computer device is configured to determine, based at least in part on comparing the first value and the third value, a likelihood that an object involved in the transaction is authentic.

16. A distributed system comprising a plurality of computers coupled to a network, wherein each of the computers in the distributed system is configured to:

maintain a database with data concerning a first object;

receive a first request via the network, the first request concerning whether the first object is authentic;

generate a first response to the first request, wherein data included in the first response is based, at least in part, on data maintained in the database; and

transmit the first response via the network.

17. The distributed system of claim 16, wherein the data in the database includes tracking data and identification data.

18. The distributed system of claim 17, wherein identification data includes data describing a physical appearance of the first object.

19. The distributed system of claim 16, wherein the database includes data concerning a plurality of objects.

20. The distributed system of claim 16, wherein each of the computers in the distributed system is configured to:

extract data from the first request;

calculate a first authentication value using data extracted from the first request;

compare the first authentication value to a second authentication value, the second authentication value derived from the data maintained in the database;

determine, based on a result of the comparing of the first authentication value to the second authentication value, whether the object is authentic; and

update the database based on the first response.