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Method and system for item authentication and customization

A technology for items and customized information, which is applied in the field of customized systems for authenticating items, and can solve problems such as no postage value.

Active Publication Date: 2015-01-07
US POSTAL SERVICE
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If the two parts are separated by a perforation, the personalized design is simply a sticker with no postage value

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[0040] Features, aspects, and advantages of the present development will now be described with reference to the drawings of several embodiments contemplated within the scope of the embodiments described herein. It is intended that these and other embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present developments not being limited to any particular embodiments disclosed herein.

[0041] The system described herein provides an improved authentication system that stimulates, detects, and identifies responses from indicators in items to be authenticated or authenticated. In some embodiments, the systems described herein provide an improved authentication system that stimulates, detects, and recognizes an infrared ("IR") response from an indicator in an item to be authenticated or authenticated. In some embodiments, the systems described herein provide an improved ...

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Abstract

A method of illuminating an item is disclosed. The method includes applying adhesive to the item, interspersing a taggant in the adhesive, illuminating the item with an excitation signal, sensing luminescence emitted by the taggant in response to illumination by the excitation signal, and determining the authenticity of the item based on the sensed emitted luminescence. The item can include any item benefited by authentication, and can include a postage stamp. A method of customizing an item is disclosed. This can include the steps of preparing a substrate, applying a security feature to the substrate, printing non-customized information on the substrate, receiving image information, and printing the image information on the substrate.

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technical field [0001] The present application generally relates to custom systems and methods for authenticating items. Background technique [0002] Counterfeit articles of all kinds are a serious problem worldwide, causing huge revenue losses to legitimate businesses and individuals. Counterfeiters have produced articles that are difficult to distinguish from genuine articles, stealing sales revenue from producers of genuine articles, and affecting the reputation of legitimate businesses when counterfeit articles are of poor quality and / or without the support of the manufacturer. Similarly, problems and losses occur due to the falsification of articles used for financial transactions or identification, such as postage stamps, banknotes, credit cards, driver's licenses, passports, and immigration documents. Counterfeiters have successfully produced articles that appear to be authentic even though genuine articles have been marked with authentication marks, such as waterma...

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IPC IPC(8): G01V15/00G06K7/10
CPCG01N21/64G01N21/643B41K3/00G07D7/122G06K19/14B42D25/29B42D25/382B42D25/387G07D7/1205B41M3/144B42D25/36G01N2021/6421G01N2021/6423B41M3/008B29C65/4825B29C65/76B29C65/4855B32B2307/422B32B2519/00B32B7/06B29C66/733B29C65/4865G01N2021/8887B42D25/47G01N2201/061G01N2201/068
Inventor K·侯塞因M·T·多明格斯D·E·费勒尔W·G·阿克曼
Owner US POSTAL SERVICE
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