Patent ID: 7334729

Claim:
An apparatus to verify product information, the apparatus comprising: a database module configured to store data associated with at least one product in a database, the data associated with a product comprising a coded identifier and product indicia on the product's packaging, the product indicia comprising characters; an identification module in communication with the database configured to scan a product to identify a first set of data, the first set of data comprising a coded identifier, and to identify a stored product by matching the coded identifier of the scanned product to data stored in the database associated with the stored product; an image module configured to capture at least one image of the scanned product in response to the identification module identifying the stored product; a recognition module configured to obtain a second set of data from the at least one captured image of the scanned product, the second set of data comprising characters; a determination module configured to determine whether a match exists between the second set of data of the scanned product and product indicia of the stored product; and an alert module configured to generate an alert in response to the second set of data not matching product indicia of the stored product.