Patent ID: 7191942

Claim:
A method of comparing a container to a container imaging product comprising: receiving a plurality of visible light images of a container which has six sides each of which is substantially rectangular, wherein a first image of the plurality of visible light images is of a first view of the container and includes a first symbol marked on a side of the container without physical damage and not a second different symbol; wherein a second image of the plurality of visible light images is of a second view of the container and includes the second symbol marked on a side of the container without physical damage and not the first symbol; wherein five or more sides of the container are visible in the images; and wherein at least one of the images depicts at least one substantially complete side of the container; and comparing the images of the sides marked with the first and second symbols to the container's sides marked by those same symbols to ascertain if tampering with the contents of the container has occurred, wherein the images shows that the first symbol is applied directly to the surface of the container without a label.