Recording transactional information relating to an object
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1. A method performed with a computer readable storage medium for recording transactional information relating to an object including a tag having a unique identifier and memory, the method comprising:
- reading the unique identifier of the tag;
recording the transactional information relating to the object;
encrypting the unique identifier and at least one portion of the transactional information into a code;
writing the code to the memory of the tag at a point of a transaction of the object;
reading the code and the unique identifier from the tag;
decrypting the code;
collecting the at least one portion of the transactional information from a source other than the tag; and
comparing the unique identifier and the at least one portion of the transactional information to the decrypted code.
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Abstract
A unique identifier on a tag of an object is read. Transactional information relating to the object is recorded and used to encrypt the unique identifier into a code. The code is then written into memory of the tag such that the code records the transactional information.
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29 Claims
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1. A method performed with a computer readable storage medium for recording transactional information relating to an object including a tag having a unique identifier and memory, the method comprising:
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reading the unique identifier of the tag; recording the transactional information relating to the object; encrypting the unique identifier and at least one portion of the transactional information into a code; writing the code to the memory of the tag at a point of a transaction of the object; reading the code and the unique identifier from the tag; decrypting the code; collecting the at least one portion of the transactional information from a source other than the tag; and comparing the unique identifier and the at least one portion of the transactional information to the decrypted code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method performed with a computer readable storage medium for verifying transactional information relating to an object including a tag having a unique identifier and memory for storing a code created from encrypting the transactional information and the unique identifier, the method comprising:
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reading the code and the unique identifier from the tag; collecting at least one portion of the transactional information at a redemption device, wherein, at a point of a transaction of the object after a manufacturing of the object including a tag having a unique identifier and memory, the transactional information is collected and the code is stored in the memory; determining if a server is available; if the server is unavailable, decrypting the code; and comparing the unique identifier and the at least one portion of the transactional information to the decrypted code. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs implementing a method for recording transactional information relating to an object including a tag having a unique identifier and memory, said one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for:
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reading the unique identifier of the tag; recording the transactional information relating to the object; encrypting the unique identifier and at least one portion of the transactional information into a code; writing the code to the memory of the tag at a point of a transaction of the object after a manufacturing of the object including the tag having the unique identifier and memory, wherein the transactional information is collected at the transaction point; and setting the at least one portion of the memory to a read-only state. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer system for recording transactional information relating to an object including a tag having a unique identifier and writable memory comprising:
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means for reading the unique identifier of the tag; means for recording the transactional information relating to the object; means for transmitting the unique identifier and the transactional information to a server; means for encrypting the unique identifier and at least one portion of the transactional information into a code; and means for writing the code to at least one portion of the writable memory of the tag at a point of a transaction of the object; means for reading the code and the unique identifier from the tag; means for decrypting the code; means for collecting the at least one portion of the transactional information from a source other than the tag; and means for comparing the unique identifier and the at least one portion of the transactional information to the decrypted code. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A computer system comprising:
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a point of sale device for capturing transactional information related to a point of transaction of at least one object including a tag having a unique identifier and memory; a reader for reading the unique identifier from the tag the object; an encryption device for encrypting the unique identifier with at least one portion of the transactional information into a code; a writer for writing the code to the memory of the tag at a point of a transaction of the object; and a redemption device to capture the code and the unique identifier from the tag, decrypt the code, collect the at least one portion of the transactional information from a source other than the tag, and compare the unique identifier and the at least one portion of the transactional information to the decrypted code. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer system comprising:
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a redemption device for capturing transactional information, wherein the transactional information is information collected at a point of a transaction of an object after a manufacturing of the object including a tag having a unique identifier and memory; a reader for reading the unique identifier and a code from the tag, the code being a code created from encrypting the unique identifier and the transactional information and written into the memory of the tag at the transaction point; and a decryption device for decrypting the code in response to receiving at least one portion of the transactional information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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