Patent ID: 8954742
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for digital certification of authenticity of a physical object, the method comprising: issuing a storage device comprising a digital certificate of authenticity including digitally signed information reflecting at least one characteristic unique to the physical object, the physical object being an article of manufacture, and the digital certificate of authenticity comprising the at least one characteristic unique to the physical object; checking, whenever required, validity of the digital certificate of authenticity by use of a network computer, the network computer cooperating with said storage device and a validating authority or a certifying authority; and modifying a status of validity of said digital certificate of authenticity, whenever required, by updating a certificate revocation list hosted at the validating authority or certifying authority, wherein, the step of issuing a storage device comprises generating an asymmetric encryption key pair comprising a public and a private key on said storage device, said private key being stored in non-exportable manner on said storage device, and the step of checking the validity of the digital certificate of authenticity comprises use of mutual authentication functionality in a form of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocols, enabling an output sensibly in real time of the status of validity of said digital certificate of authenticity.