System method and apparatus for anti counterfeiting serialization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9842231-B2
Application number	US-201414505780-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2014
Priority date	Jan 6, 2014
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

An anti-counterfeiting serialization method. The method can include receiving an input serial number, locating a seed character at a predetermined position in the input serial number, determining, based on the seed character, a first output position for an incrementing character of the input serial number, determining, based on the incrementing character, at least one second output position for at least one remaining character of the input serial number, and generating an output serial number having the incrementing character in the first output position and at least one remaining character in the at least one second output position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An anti-counterfeiting serialization method implemented on a computing device, comprising:
providing a computing device;
receiving an input serial number on the computing device;
locating a seed character for use on a label, tag or other substrate at a predetermined position in the input serial number;
determining, based on the seed character, a first output position for an incrementing character of the input serial number;
determining, based on the incrementing character, at least one second output position for at least one remaining character of the input serial number;
generating an output serial number having the incrementing character in the first output position and at least one remaining character in the at least one second output position; and
printing a label, tag or other substrate with the output serial number.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second output position is determined based on the value of the incrementing character and based on the first output position.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the position of the seed character in the output serial number is the same as the position of the seed character in the input serial number.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device comprises a printer.

5. A system implementing the method of claim 1 .

6. A computer-readable medium storing instructions for implementing the method of claim 1 .

7. An anti-counterfeiting serialization method implemented on a computing device, comprising:
providing a smart device
receiving an input serial number for use on the smart device;
locating a seed character at a predetermined position in the input serial number;
determining, based on the seed character, an input position of an incrementing character of the input serial number;
determining, based on the incrementing character, a first output position for the incrementing character and at least one second output position for at least one remaining character of the input serial number;
generating an output serial number having the incrementing character in the first output position and at least one remaining character in the at least one second output position; and
printing a label with the output serial number.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one second output position is determined based on the value of the incrementing character and based on the first output position.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the position of the seed character in the output serial number is the same as the position of the seed character in the input serial number.

10. A system implementing the method of claim 7 .

11. A computer-readable medium storing instructions for implementing the method of claim 7 .

12. An apparatus for anti-counterfeiting serialization, comprising:
processor means; and
computer-readable medium means storing instructions that, when executed by the processor means, perform the steps of:
receiving an input serial number;
locating a seed character at a predetermined position in the input serial number;
determining, based on the seed character, a first output position for an incrementing character of the input serial number;
determining, based on the incrementing character, at least one second output position for at least one remaining character of the input serial number;
generating an output serial number having the incrementing character in the first output position and at least one remaining character in the at least one second output position; and
printing a label having the output serial number.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising printing means.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the apparatus is adapted to print the output serial number.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the output serial number is printed as a label for an article of commerce.

16. An anti-counterfeiting serialization system, comprising:
a database for storing at least one serial number; and
a database containing a computer-readable medium means storing instruction that, when executed by the
a processor, the processor performs the steps of:
receiving an input serial number from the database;
locating a seed character at a predetermined position in the input serial number;
determining, based on the seed character, a first output position for an incrementing character of the input serial number;
determining, based on the incrementing character, at least one second output position for at least one remaining character of the input serial number; and
generating an output serial number having the incrementing character in the first output position and at least one remaining character in the at least one second output position;

a printing device for printing the output serial number.

17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising:
a computer-readable medium means storing instructions that, when executed by the processor means, perform the steps of:
receiving an input serial number;
locating a seed character at a predetermined position in the input serial number;
determining, based on the seed character, an input position of an incrementing character of the input serial number;
determining, based on the incrementing character, a first output position for the incrementing character and at least one second output position for at least one remaining character of the input serial number; and
generating an output serial number having the incrementing character in the first output position and at least one remaining character in the at least one second output position.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further comprise the step of comparing the output serial number to the at least one serial number stored in the database.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the at least one second output position is determined based on the value of the incrementing character and based on the first output position.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the position of the seed character in the output serial number is the same as the position of the seed character in the input serial number.

Assignees

• Avery Dennison Retail Branding and Information Solutions
• Avery Dennison Retail Information Services Llc

Inventors

• Chamandy Paul A
• Moliski John W

Classifications

• G09C1/00

  Apparatus or methods whereby a given sequence of signs, e.g. an intelligible text, is transformed into an unintelligible sequence of signs by transposing the signs or groups of signs or by replacing them by others according to a predetermined system (cryptographic typewriters G09C3/00) · CPC title

• G06K15/02

  using printers · CPC title

• G06Q30/0185

  Product, service or business identity fraud · CPC title

• G06Q99/00

  Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• H04N1/00326

  with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus (arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00) · CPC title