Patent ID: 11935223
Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A method of operating a device, comprising:
displaying, on a display panel of the device, human readable instructions for positioning the device to perform an examination of a security feature of a product to be examined using a sensor associated with the device,
determining whether the sensor is properly positioned relative to the security feature;
examining the security feature of the product using the sensor based on results of the determination;
authenticating the product based on results from the examination;
providing authentication results of the product on the display panel;
transmitting the authentication results of the product to a server, the transmitting of the authentication results causing the server to update a database; and
transmitting current location information associated with the device to the server, the transmitting of the current location information causing the server to update product tracking information associated with the product in the database.