Patent ID: 7965173

Claim:
A method of providing a transponder for marking an object, the transponder having a storage means for storing a unique, preferably worldwide unique, number with a predetermined number n of digits, the method comprising the steps of: providing a set of worldwide unique numbers that are available for marking; defining a section of m consecutive digits from the n digits for information storage, m being smaller than or equal to n; providing a number which represents information that is intuitively human recognizable and usable and associated with the object, the number having not more than m digits; checking whether the provided number is contained within the section of m consecutive digits in the worldwide unique numbers of the set of available worldwide unique numbers; if the provided number is contained in the section of m consecutive digits in one or more worldwide unique numbers, selecting this one worldwide unique number or respectively one worldwide unique number of these more worldwide unique numbers; providing a transponder with the selected worldwide unique number; and removing the selected worldwide unique number from the set of available worldwide unique numbers.