Jewellery with tag

• US 9,852,367 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2017
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kiroco Limited
• Original Assignee: Kiroco Limited
• Inventors: Boulby, Simon
• Primary Examiner(s): NWUGO, OJIAKO K
• Application Number:
  US15/440,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20170185879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 306 Days
• Field of Search: 340 101- 105, 3405721-5729
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 15/00 Other forms of jewellery
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 15/004 Jewellery with monograms or other inscription
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 19/00 Devices for preventing pilfering of watches or jewellery
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 27/00 Making jewellery or other personal adornments
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 27/005 Coating layers for jewellery
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 5/0015 providing information, e.g. bracelets with calendars identification bracelets G09F3/005
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/02 characterised by the selection of materials, e.g. to avoid wear during transport through the machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/041 Constructional details G06K19/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06196 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0772 Physical layout of the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07762 the adhering arrangement making the record carrier wearable, e.g. having the form of a ring, watch, glove or bracelet record carriers for insertion in the human body for medical purposes A61B90/00; record carriers adapted for attachment to animals A01K11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2019/06253 for a specific application
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications

Abstract

A piece of jewellery, wherein the jewellery comprises at least one tag or chip programmed with at least a unique identification code, and a tag reader is configured to read the tag or chip when the tag reader and the piece of jewellery touch, or come into close contact and, display a message or content associated with the unique identification code.

Claims

1. An item of jewellery comprising:

a first and a second passive tags, wherein the first and second passive tags are provided with a first and a second antenna;

at least one bead, ring, bracelet or pendant;

wherein the first and second passive tags are located on an outer surface of the bead, ring, bracelet or pendant, and wherein the bead, ring, bracelet or pendant further includes a layer of resin, glass, or a polymeric material on the outer surface of the head, ring, bracelet or pendant, such that the first and second passive tags are embedded in the layer of resin, glass or the polymeric material on the outer surface of the bead, ring, bracelet or pendant; and

wherein each of the first and second passive tags are programmed with at least a unique identification code, and each unique identification code is associated with different data.

2. The item of jewellery as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second passive tags are a radio frequency identification (RFID) tags or chips configured to operate as a near field communication (NFC) tags or chips.

3. The item of jewellery as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first and second passive tags or chips operate on a very small range of less than about 1 cm.

4. The item of jewellery as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first and second passive tags or chips are positioned on or in the item of jewellery to provide three dimensional readability of the fust and second passive tags by a tag reader.

5. The item of jewellery as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first and second passive tags are layered on to the surface of the item of jewellery.

6. A system comprising an item of jewellery, a tag reader having a display and a passive tag reading functionality, and remote data storage device, wherein:

the tern jewellery comprises;

a first passive tag and a second passive tag, wherein the first and second passive tags are provided with a first and a second antenna;

at least one bead, ring, bracelet or pendant;

wherein the first and second passive tags are located on an outer surface of the bead, ring, bracelet or pendant, and wherein the bead, ring, bracelet or pendant further includes a layer of resin, glass, or a polymeric material on the outer surface of the bead, ring, bracelet or pendant, such that he first and second passive tags are embedded in the layer of resin, glass or the polymeric material on the outer surface of the bead, ring, bracelet or pendant; and

wherein each of the first and second passive tags are programmed with at least a unique identification code, and each unique identification code is associated with different data; and

wherein the tag reader is adapted to read the at least one identification code from the embedded first and/or second passive tag when the tag reader and the item of jewellery touch the first and/or the second passive tag, or come into close proximity with each other; and

the tag reader is configured to access data that is associated with the unique identification code, the data including a message or content, and to retrieve and display the message or content on the display.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the tag reader is adapted to go through an authorisation stage whereby the unique identification code of the tag and an authorisation code assigned to the tag reader must match before the tag reader can access the message or content assigned to the identification code of the tag.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the message or content may be stored on a remote data storage device, and the tag reader is configured to be able to communicate with the remote data storage device.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the tag reader is able to connect to the Internet.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the tag reader is adapted to preload the message or content assigned to the unique identification code so that once preloaded, when the item of jewellery with a passive tag come into contact or close proximity to one another, the associated message or content is instantly displayed by the tag reader on a display.