METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING ANTI-COUNTERFEITING INFORMATION

• US 20140181509A1
• Filed: 11/27/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peking University Founder Group Company Limited (Beijing Peking University Asset Management Company Limited), Founder Mobile Media Technology Beijing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Peking University Founder Group Company Limited (Beijing Peking University Asset Management Company Limited), Founder Mobile Media Technology Beijing Company Limited
• Inventors: LIU, Tao
• Granted Patent: US 9,270,668 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/162
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/35 involving non-standard use of addresses for implementing network functionalities, e.g. coding subscription information within the address or functional addressing, i.e. assigning an address to a function
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0492 by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/122 Counter-measures against attacks; Protection against rogue devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method and apparatus for verifying anti-counterfeiting information are provided so as to improve an anti-counterfeiting effect, to lower an anti-counterfeiting cost, to extend the scope of population to which anti-counterfeiting effect is applicable and to guarantee the stability of anti-counterfeiting means. The method includes: a terminal obtains and parses encrypted address information of an object; the terminal connects to a network address corresponding to the parsed encrypted address information; the terminal determines that the encrypted address information is valid upon successful connection and sending verification information of the object to the network address corresponding to the encrypted address information; and the terminal receives feedback information about whether the verification information is valid.

Claims

1. A method for verifying anti-counterfeiting information, comprising:

obtaining and parsing, by a terminal, encrypted address information of an object;

connecting, by the terminal, to a network address corresponding to the parsed encrypted address information;

determining, by the terminal, that the encrypted address information is valid upon successful connection and sending verification information of the object to the network address corresponding to the encrypted address information; and

receiving, by the terminal, feedback information about whether the verification information is valid.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the encrypted address information includes first encrypted address information, and the verification information includes first verification information.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the encrypted address information of the object further includes second encrypted address information, after the feedback information about whether the first verification information is valid is received, the method further comprises:

obtaining and parsing, by the terminal, the second encrypted address information of the object;

connecting, by the terminal, to a network address corresponding to the parsed second encrypted address information;

determining, by the terminal, that the second encrypted address information is valid upon successful connection and sending the first verification information of the object to the network address corresponding to the second encrypted address information; and

receiving, by the terminal, again feedback information about whether the first verification information is valid.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the verification information of the object further includes second verification information, after the feedback information about whether the first verification information is valid is received, the method further comprises:

obtaining and parsing, by the terminal, second encrypted address information of the object;

connecting, by the terminal, to a network address corresponding to the parsed second encrypted address information;

determining, by the terminal, that the second encrypted address information is valid upon successful connection and sending the second verification information of the object to the network address corresponding to the second encrypted address information; and

receiving, by the terminal, feedback information about whether the second verification information is valid.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the verification information of the object further includes second verification information, after the feedback information about whether the first verification information is valid is received, the method further comprises:

obtaining and parsing, by the terminal, again the first encrypted address information of the object;

connecting, by the terminal, again to the network address corresponding to the parsed first encrypted address information;

determining, by the terminal, again that the first encrypted address information is valid upon successful connection and sending the second verification information of the object to the network address corresponding to the first encrypted address information; and

receiving, by the terminal, feedback information about whether the second verification information is valid.

6. A method for verifying anti-counterfeiting information, comprising:

receiving a request from a terminal for connection to a specific network address;

setting up a connection of the terminal to the specific network address upon determining that encrypted address information corresponding to the specific network address is valid;

receiving verification information sent from the terminal to the specific network address; and

sending feedback information about whether the verification information is valid to the terminal.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein when it is determined that the encrypted address information corresponding to the specific network address is valid, the method further comprises:

determining the type of the encrypted address information; and

determining that encrypted address information, corresponding to the encrypted address information, below the encrypted address information is invalidated upon determining that the encrypted address information is not the lowest encrypted address information.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

decrementing by one the remaining number of times that the encrypted address information, which is not the lowest, is to be verified; and

determining that the encrypted address information, which is not the lowest, is invalidated upon determining that the remaining number of times that the encrypted address information is to be verified is zero.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

storing the invalidated encrypted address information into a recycle database.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein after the verification information sent from the terminal to the specific network address is received, the method further comprises:

determining that verification information, corresponding to the verification information, below the verification information is invalidated upon determining that the verification information is not the lowest verification information.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

decrementing by one the remaining number of times that the verification information, which is not the lowest, is to be verified; and

determining that the verification information, which is not the lowest, is invalidated upon determining that the remaining number of times that the verification information is to be verified is zero.

12. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

sending to the terminal an inquiry message about whether to determine the highest verification information and the highest encrypted address information of the object directly to be invalidated upon determining that the verification information is the highest verification information and the encrypted address information is the highest encrypted address information; and

if there is a positive feedback from the terminal, then determining that the highest verification information and the highest encrypted address information are invalidated.

13. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

storing the invalidated verification information into the recycle database.

14. The method according to claim 6, wherein when the verification information is valid, the corresponding feedback information includes one or more of the following information:

the name of the object corresponding to the verification information, the type of the verification information, a historical record of verification times of the verification information, an invalidation alert corresponding to the verification information, the remaining number of times that the verification information is to be verified, the accumulated number of times that the verification information has been verified, a domain where the terminal sending the verification information resides, and the model of the terminal sending the verification information.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

sending the feedback information that the verification information is valid to a database of objects corresponding to the verification information upon determining that the verification information is valid.

16. An apparatus for verifying anti-counterfeiting information, comprising:

an encrypted address information processing unit configured to obtain and parse encrypted address information of an object;

a network connecting unit configured to connect to a network address corresponding to the parsed encrypted address information;

a verification information sending unit configured to determine that the encrypted address information is valid upon successful connection and send verification information of the object to the network address corresponding to the encrypted address information; and

a feedback receiving unit configured to receive feedback information about whether the verification information is valid.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the encrypted address information includes first encrypted address information, and the verification information includes first verification information.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein when the encrypted address information of the object further includes second encrypted address information, after the feedback receiving unit receives the feedback information about whether the first verification information is valid,

the encrypted address information processing unit is further configured to obtain and parse the second encrypted address information of the object;

the network connecting unit is further configured to connect to a network address corresponding to the parsed second encrypted address information;

the verification information sending unit is further configured to determine that the second encrypted address information is valid upon successful connection and send the first verification information of the object to the network address corresponding to the second encrypted address information; and

the feedback receiving unit is further configured to receive again feedback information about whether the first verification information is valid.

19. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein when the verification information of the object further includes second verification information, after the feedback receiving unit receives the feedback information about whether the first verification information is valid,

the encrypted address information processing unit is further configured to obtain and parse second encrypted address information of the object;

the network connecting unit is further configured to connect to a network address corresponding to the parsed second encrypted address information;

the verification information sending unit is further configured to determine that the second encrypted address information is valid upon successful connection and send the second verification information of the object to the network address corresponding to the second encrypted address information; and

the feedback receiving unit is further configured to receive feedback information about whether the second verification information is valid.

20. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein when the verification information of the object further includes second verification information, after the feedback receiving unit receives the feedback information about whether the first verification information is valid,

the encrypted address information processing unit is further configured to obtain and parse again the first encrypted address information of the object;

the network connecting unit is further configured to connect again to the network address corresponding to the parsed first encrypted address information;

the verification information sending unit is further configured to determine again that the first encrypted address information is valid upon successful connection and send the second verification information of the object to the network address corresponding to the first encrypted address information; and

the feedback receiving unit is further configured to receive feedback information about whether the second verification information is valid.