Patent ID: 8359271

Claim:
An apparatus for authentication of one or more item(s) or one or more label(s) comprising: a processor; a memory device; one or more media devices; a post-content manager comprising non-transitory computer readable instructions in the memory device when executed by the processor causes the processor during or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s) to perform the steps of obtaining a pointer to each of one or more unique random serial numbers or codes that are used to authenticate the item(s) or label(s) from the one or more media devices, obtaining the unique random serial number(s) or code(s) from a server device via a communications interface using the pointer(s), and transmitting the obtained unique random serial number(s) or code(s) to the one or more media devices; and wherein the media device(s) imprint the received unique random serial number(s) or code(s) on the item(s) or the label(s).