Patent ID: 9069069
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G01S,G06F,G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating a marked consumer good at a final point of sale with a verification apparatus that comprises a processor, a camera, and a location device that communicates to the processor a geographic location of the verification apparatus at a verification time, the method comprising: identifying the marked consumer good at the final point of sale, the marked consumer good comprising a package label at a label position on a package surface of the marked consumer good, the package label comprising encrypted indicia inside boundaries of the package label, the encrypted indicia comprising geographic coordinates of a permissible destination area for the consumer good, the permissible destination area including a valid retail location, the marked consumer good further comprising outside the boundaries of the package label a brand feature unique to a specific brand of the consumer good, the brand feature having dimensions and a distance from the package label; verifying the encrypted indicia using the verification apparatus and without connecting to a remote database, wherein the verifying comprises: comparing, using the processor and without any connecting to a remote database, the authentication image with a reference image of a known authentic consumer good stored in the processor of the verification apparatus, the reference image containing a reference feature having known dimensions and a reference package label having a known position and a known distance from the reference feature; verifying, using the processor and without connecting to a remote database, that at least one authenticating feature is present in the authentication image, the at least one authenticating feature chosen from: determining, using the processor and without connecting to a remote database, whether the final point of sale is at the valid retail location within the permissible destination area based on the comparison of the geographic location of the verification apparatus at the verification time with the geographic coordinates of the permissible destination area contained in the decrypted data; and determining, using the processor and without connecting to a remote database, an authenticity of the marked consumer good based on at least the determination that the final point of sale is at the valid retail location within the permissible destination area and the verification that the at least one authenticating feature is present in the authentication image.