Product authentication method

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G09F 3/02 (2006.01) G07C 11/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2538517

The invention relates to a method that allows a third party to authenticate a manufacturer's individual product. According to said method, at least one first code that is specific for said individual product is generated and is applied to the product or the packaging thereof by the manufacturer, said first code is stored in a publicly accessible database, the first code is read by the third party and is entered into the database, and the database generates an output based on a comparison between the entered first code and the first codes of all products stored in the database, said output indicating whether the first code is identical to a stored first code and/or whether the first code has been retrieved at an earlier time. Previously known methods of this type offer no sufficiently sure possibility to verify whether the product is an original product or a counterfeit product. The aim of the invention is to further develop said method so as to make it possible to distinguish with adequate reliability between originals and counterfeit products. Said aim is achieved by the fact that the first code is provided with a removable cover once the first code has been applied, said cover concealing the code and being removed by the third party before he/she reads and enters the first code.

L'invention concerne un procédé pour permettre à un tiers d'authentifier un produit individuel d'un fabricant, un premier code spécifique au produit étant élaboré et appliqué par le fabricant sur le produit ou sur son emballage. Ce premier code est mémorisé par le fabricant dans une banque de données d'accès public, il est lu par le tiers et saisi dans la banque de données. Sur la base d'une comparaison du premier code entré avec les premiers codes mémorisés dans la banque de données de tous les produits, la banque de données fait une édition selon laquelle le premier code est identique avec un premier code mémorisé et/ou le premier code a auparavant été consulté. Des procédés de ce type connus n'offrent pas suffisamment de sécurité pour déterminer si un produit est d'origine ou une contrefaçon. Le procédé de l'invention vise à différencier avec suffisamment de certitude entre un produit d'origine et un produit de contrefaçon. A cet effet, le premier code, après avoir été appliqué, est doté d'une couverture détachable qui le cache, cette couverture étant enlevée par le tiers avant la lecture et la saisie du premier code.

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