Patent ID: 9569794
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06K,G06Q

Claim:
1. An apparatus configured to manage N data records for N associated security seals of products, the apparatus comprising: a receiver which receives a challenge message, sent by a capture appliance, having a code associated with one of the N associated security seals; a checker which checks the received code for validity and for a first breakage of the security seal associated with the received code based on the data record associated with the associated security seal; and a transmitter which sends a response message to the capture appliance, which is generated based on the check, along with a piece of status information pertaining to the first breakage of the security seal associated with the received code; wherein the associated security seal comprises a code which is associated with the security seal, said security seal being captured by the capture appliance after the security seal is broken.