Patent ID: 7774606

Claim:
An electronic paper device, comprising: electronic paper material capable of storing informational data regarding at least one of a related item or a product or container or package associated with the electronic paper material, wherein said electronic paper material is attachable to the at least one of the related item or said product or said container or said package, wherein some informational data written onto a data portion of said electronic paper material, including encrypted or encoded informational data written by or on behalf of an authorized entity, wherein the encrypted or encoded informational data is intended to be non-alterable and to be readable only by an approved person or an approved entity that has access to an appropriate security methodology, wherein said electronic paper material includes authentication indicia to identify the related item as having originated from a provider of the item or from another authorized entity, wherein said electronic paper material includes a coupling link with an original related said item or said product or said container or said package, to provide confirmation that the electronic paper material has not been detached from its original related said item or said product or said container or said package, and wherein the coupling link includes an encrypted or encoded symbolic representation on the electronic paper material that correlates with another symbolic representation on the related said item or said product or said container or said package; a status indicator for providing an output based on a verification confirmation with respect to the coupling link; and a generator for generating at least one of an “ok” status output based on the verification confirmation with respect to the coupling link indicating that the electronic paper material has not been detached from the at least one of the related item or product or container or package, or generating a “warning” status output based on the verification confirmation of a problem regarding the coupling link.