Patent ID: 9016562
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06K,H04W

Abstract:
1. A portable computerized device comprising: a wireless reader reading a machine identification code from a machine identification code device of a machine while said portable computerized device is positioned at a location that is within a predetermined distance from said machine; sensors operatively connected to said wireless reader, said sensors automatically sensing current environmental conditions of said location; a processor operatively connected to said sensors, said processor automatically calculating a current location-based environmental signature based on said current environmental conditions sensed by said sensors; a communications device operatively connected to said processor, said communications device automatically obtaining a previously stored location-based environmental signature associated with said machine identification code from a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, said processor automatically comparing said current location-based environmental signature with said previously stored location-based environmental signature to determine a similarity measure of said current location-based environmental signature and said previously stored location-based environmental signature, and said processor automatically verifying whether said machine identification code is in a correct location based on said similarity measure being above a predetermined threshold, using said processor; and a graphic user interface operatively connected to said processor, said graphic user interface displaying a machine identification validity message based on said processor determining said machine identification code is in said correct location.