Patent ID: 9033213
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61J,B65C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for packaging an item with an identifier, comprising: A tag producer, wherein the tag producer produces one or more types of silica-based tags to be encoded with a first signature determined by an encoder, wherein the first signature is readable using an optical spectroscopic reader, wherein the silica-based tag comprises a complex porous silicon micro-tag that was programmed during electrochemical synthesis to display a reflectivity spectrum containing the first signature, and wherein the tag producer comprises: a waveform determiner configured to determine a waveform to generate the silica-based tag; and a tag creator configured to generate the silica-based tag based on the determined waveform; An identifier adder, wherein the identifier adder adds the one or more types of silica-based tags to an item, wherein the identifier adder comprises a tag selector, wherein the tag selector selects one or more tags to be added to the item out of the one or more types of silica-based tags produced by the tag producer based at least on the one or more tags has a correct first signature; A labeler, wherein a label is generated based at least in part on reading the one or more types of silica-based tags added to the item using the optical spectroscopic reader, and wherein the label includes goods info; and A packager, wherein the packager includes the label on a package, and wherein the packager includes the item in the package.