Authentication system
First Claim
1. A container for housing a product for distribution and release, the container including at least one electronic product identifier having or conveying data, said data identifying the housed product and including security information concerning security of the container, the electronic product identifier providing said data for reading by an external device, wherein the electronic product identifier includes a first portion disposed in a base of the container, and a second portion which extends from the base of the container into the top of the container.
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Abstract
An authentication system for authenticating products at point-of-release, the system including housing the products in respective containers having respective unique product identifiers, e.g., numbers or codes, storing in an authentication database data relating to the product identifiers, reading at a trusted location terminal the data from one of the product identifiers, communicating at least some of the data read from the product identifier to the authentication database and comparing data of the product identifier with data of the authentication database so as to authenticate the corresponding product.
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37 Claims
- 1. A container for housing a product for distribution and release, the container including at least one electronic product identifier having or conveying data, said data identifying the housed product and including security information concerning security of the container, the electronic product identifier providing said data for reading by an external device, wherein the electronic product identifier includes a first portion disposed in a base of the container, and a second portion which extends from the base of the container into the top of the container.
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11. A terminal for use at a point-of-release of products held in respective containers, each container including at least one respective electronic product identifier for storing data, the terminal including:
- a reader for reading said data from the electronic product identifier, said data including security information concerning security of the container;
a communication port for communicating at least some of said data to a remote authentication database and for receiving data from the authentication database; and
a controller for providing authentication of a product on the basis of the data received from the authentication database, wherein the electronic product identifier includes a first portion disposed in a base of the container, and a second portion which extends from the base of the container into the top of the container. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- a reader for reading said data from the electronic product identifier, said data including security information concerning security of the container;
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18. An authentication database for authenticating products housed in respective containers, each container including a respective electronic product identifier for storing data, the database including:
- a communication port for receiving from a remote terminal said data relating to the product identifier of a corresponding product and for communicating to the terminal said data for authenticating the product, said data including security information concerning security of the container; and
a memory for storing for each said data relating to the respective product identifier and optionally for indicating one or more of;
the nature or type of product housed in the container;
the date of manufacture of the product;
the name of the manufacturer;
the place of manufacture of the product;
the date of housing the product in the container;
the sell-by date;
the use-by date;
special instructions; and
data regarding unauthorized terminals, wherein the electronic product identifier includes a first portion disposed in a base of the container, and a second portion which extends from the base of the container into the top of the container. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
- a communication port for receiving from a remote terminal said data relating to the product identifier of a corresponding product and for communicating to the terminal said data for authenticating the product, said data including security information concerning security of the container; and
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21. A method of authenticating products at a trusted location, said products having been previously housed in respective containers having respective electronic product identifiers storing data including security information concerning security of the respective containers,˜
- said data stored on the electronic product identifiers relating to the unique electronic product identifiers having been previously stored in an authentication database including data relating to the products, said method comprising;
reading at a trusted location terminal the data from one of the electronic product identifiers including the security information;
communicating at least some of the data read from the electronic product identifier to the authentication database;
comparing data of the electronic product identifier with data of the authentication database so as to produce an authentication result; and
communicating the authentication result from the authentication database to the trusted location terminal, wherein the electronic product identifier includes a first portion disposed in a base of the container, and a second portion which extends from the base of the container into the top of the container. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
- said data stored on the electronic product identifiers relating to the unique electronic product identifiers having been previously stored in an authentication database including data relating to the products, said method comprising;
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25. A recording medium on which is recorded a control program for controlling a data processor used in conjunction with a trusted location terminal of an authentication system, the recording medium including machine-readable instructions for causing the data processor to read, receive or scan data from an electronic product identifier provided on a product container, the data including security information concerning security of the product container;
- communicate at least some data from the electronic product identifier to a remote authentication database; and
provide authentication of a product on the basis of a comparison of data from the authentication database and data from the electronic product identifier, wherein the electronic product identifier includes a first portion disposed in a base of the container, and a second portion which extends from the base of the container into the top of the container. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
- communicate at least some data from the electronic product identifier to a remote authentication database; and
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28. A method of authenticating a product comprising:
- providing at least one electronic product identifier to a container of the product, the electronic product identifier including security information concerning security of the container; and
storing the electronic product identifier in an authentication database so that an authentication result can be provided to a remote trusted location terminal, wherein the electronic product identifier includes a first portion disposed in a base of the container, and a second portion which extends from the base of the container into the top of the container. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
- providing at least one electronic product identifier to a container of the product, the electronic product identifier including security information concerning security of the container; and
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