| US 7,581,242 B1 | ||
| Authenticating products | ||
| Guillaume Oget, Santa Clara, Calif. (US); Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, Colo. (US); Jorge Badillo, Rincon, Puerto Rico (US); Bill Serra, Montara, Calif. (US); Cyril Brignone, Mountain View, Calif. (US); and Malena Mesarina, Mountain View, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 30, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/117,797. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 5/00 (2006.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); A63F 13/12 (2006.01); H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 726—2 [726/16; 713/179; 705/50; 235/380] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method of authenticating products, the method comprising:
receiving a description of detectable features read from a package including two or more detectable features, wherein the
detectable features are determined from encoded information associated with a product in the package and a series of questions
regarding the package, and the detectable features are affixed to the package after being determined; and
providing authentication information based on a comparison of the received description to one or more stored package identifiers.
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