System and method for providing integrated platform for security product labeling, verification and law enforcement

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for providing an integrated platform for labeling, verifying and law enforcement of security products. The method comprises the following steps: providing a plurality of first labels and a plurality of second labels, aiming at labeling a plurality of products to be labeled, verified and protected; an online platform is provided for use by one or more law enforcement agencies and is used for monitoring activities of each product in the plurality of products on the market, directly receiving complaints or reports of consumers, obtaining data analysis reports related to the plurality of products and supporting multi-agency collaborative activities. In the using process, information sharing among the mechanisms becomes easier, and therefore the working efficiency of the mechanisms is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to the field of data processing, and more particularly, to systems and methods that provide an integrated platform for secure product labeling, authentication, and enforcement. Background Art

[0002] Generally speaking, it is well known that counterfeit copies of real products (known as counterfeit goods) are made with the purpose of taking advantage of the superior value of the imitated product. In other words, knockoffs, often called "knock offs" or "fake goods," are emulated or forged copies of real products.

[0003] Furthermore, counterfeit products sold online cause huge losses to businesses that sell genuine products and further damage these businesses on multiple levels. Moreover, these counterfeit products not only affect revenue or sales, but also affect customer relationships and brand image. In addition, these counterfeit products sold online may also cause health and safety issues, which may negatively affect the genuine brand. In order to solve the counterfeiting problem, many conventional technologies adopted rely heavily on manual intervention due to the lack of automated solutions that can search, classify and take action against counterfeit products online.

[0004] According to conventional disclosure, products are affixed with hologram stickers or QR codes, or sometimes both. However, it is difficult to distinguish between real and fake hologram labels because it relies entirely on visual effects, and consumers can easily be deceived into buying counterfeit products.

[0005] In addition, according to the prior art disclosure, radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders or other embedded triggering technologies are used within sewn-in tags, which are then incorporated into or attached to the items to be tracked. These RFID tags have a unique identification number that cannot be changed by the user and can only be used once. In addition, RFID tags are read-only and respond to interrogation signals only with their identification number. However, these tags may be removed during rough handling.

[0006] In addition, according to conventional public information, various anti-counterfeiting technologies that have been disclosed involve laser anti-counterfeiting, electronic code anti-counterfeiting, QR code anti-counterfeiting, RFID anti-counterfeiting, NFC anti-counterfeiting, and blockchain traceability. However, the anti-counterfeiting capabilities of these anti-counterfeiting technologies are relatively weak.

[0007] In addition, according to conventional disclosures, many anti-counterfeiting labels or marks are used to distinguish brand products from counterfeit products. There are many types of anti-counterfeiting labels, including holographic anti-counterfeiting labels, graphic output laser anti-counterfeiting labels, shape memory anti-counterfeiting labels, hand tags, care labels, etc. However, these marks or labels are usually stickers attached to the outside of the product and may fall off or be intentionally removed during rough handling. In addition, a typical care label needs to contain a lot of information, so it is difficult to accommodate all the information on the care label or hand tag.

[0008] In addition, the prior art also discloses incorporating NFC (near field communication) chips into labels to make them unique anti-counterfeiting labels; these labels cannot be transferred to other similar products. However, the objects to which existing labels are attached are diverse, and existing labels cannot meet the needs of such diverse attachment.

[0009] In addition, there are various public quality anti-counterfeiting methods, including adding QR codes to anti-counterfeiting labels and combining them with quality management systems. This method involves consumers scanning QR codes via mobile phones to obtain relevant product quality inspection reports and verifying the authenticity of products via phone or web security code inquiries. However, some businesses will forge website content and use similar types of anti-counterfeiting labels in an attempt to confuse the fake with the real thing, making it impossible for consumers or quality supervision departments to further distinguish.

[0010] In addition, according to the prior art disclosure, a dual ID anti-counterfeiting method and system is disclosed, in which two anti-counterfeiting codes are used, the first code is a retailer code, and the second code is a product code. In addition, both codes must be provided to an authenticated server in order to authenticate the mark. However, the disadvantage of using this anti-counterfeiting method is that the retailer has been determined before leaving the product, thereby limiting the retailer's freedom of choice.

[0011] Therefore, there is a need for an integrated platform that can provide product labeling, verification, certification, and enforcement. An improved approach is needed to address the challenges posed by counterfeit products mentioned above for all stakeholders, consumers, retailers, manufacturers, and regulators. Overall, there is a need for a system that can easily track product shipments and inventory, quickly and accurately assess the distribution of products, provide consumers with up-to-date information on authenticity, manufacturing standards, compliance status, and product recall information, and provide useful reports and analysis to official agencies. Therefore, there is still a need in this field for innovative, novel, cost-effective and efficient solutions that can provide systems and methods that provide an integrated platform for safe product labeling, verification, and enforcement. Summary of the invention

[0012] It is an object of the present invention to provide systems and methods that provide an integrated platform for secure product labeling, authentication, and enforcement.

[0013] In one embodiment, a method for providing an integrated platform for labeling, verification and enforcement of safe products includes the following steps: providing a plurality of first labels and a plurality of second labels, intended to label a plurality of products to be labeled, verified and protected; providing an online platform for use by one or more law enforcement agencies to monitor the activities of each of the plurality of products in the market, directly receive complaints or reports from consumers, and obtain data analysis reports related to the plurality of products, and support multi-agency collaborative activities. In use, information sharing between agencies will become easier, thereby improving their work efficiency.

[0014] Embodiments of the present invention have several features, no single one of which is solely responsible for achieving its desirable attributes. Without limiting the scope of the embodiments of the present invention as expressed in the claims that follow, its more prominent features will now be briefly discussed. After considering this discussion, and particularly after reading the section entitled "Detailed Description of the Invention," it will become apparent how the features of the embodiments of the present invention provide advantages, including systems and methods that provide an integrated platform for secure product labeling, authentication, and enforcement. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0015] Various embodiments of the present invention are disclosed below, relating to systems and methods that provide an integrated platform for secure product labeling, authentication, and enforcement.

[0016] Figure 1A , Figure 1B , Figure 1C , Figure 1D , Figure 1E , Figure 1F , Figure 1G as well as Figure 1H Various aspects of a system and method for providing an integrated platform for labeling of safe products according to an embodiment of the present invention are shown. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing an integrated platform for labeling, verification and law enforcement of safe products includes the following steps: providing a plurality of first labels and a plurality of second labels, intended to label a plurality of products to be labeled, verified and protected; providing an online platform for use by one or more law enforcement agencies to monitor the activities of each of the plurality of products in the market, directly receiving complaints or reports from consumers, and obtaining data analysis reports related to the plurality of products, and supporting multi-agency collaborative activities. In use, information sharing between agencies will become easier, thereby improving their work efficiency.

[0017] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method further comprises the step of providing an application resource installed on a user device associated with the user. In use, the application resource comprises: a label scanner module for identifying authentic and / or counterfeit labels from the plurality of first labels and / or the plurality of second labels; a reporting module for recording findings of the application resource during surprise inspections and / or sampling inspections; and a retailer module allowing a plurality of retailers to receive and scan the plurality of products.

[0018] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first tag comprises an NFC tag and the second tag comprises a QR code. In use, the NFC tag enables the MyORI SmartSecure platform to easily track the shipment and inventory of the product, which means that the distribution of the product can be quickly and accurately assessed. In further use, the MyORI SmartSecure platform can track the use of the QR code, thereby capturing the location and time when the QR code was scanned. In this way, the problem of counterfeiters copying QR codes can be solved. In addition, by implementing the MyORI SmartSecure platform, QR codes can be used again as a smart and secure product labeling option.

[0019] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the encrypted MyORI SmartSecure tag can consolidate product labeling and provide consumers with up-to-date information on authenticity, manufacturing standards, compliance status, and recall information, and can easily provide useful reports to official agencies if any problems arise.

[0020] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method further comprises the step of upgrading the existing regulatory tags with secure encryption tags via the plurality of first tags and / or the plurality of second tags. In operation, the method and system disclosed in the present invention are intended to prevent counterfeit products, duty-unpaid products, and substandard products from being sold as legal or approved products.

[0021] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method and system of the present invention are constructed and / or implemented using near field communication (NFC) technology. In use, the system and method disclosed herein are configured to be used only for products that meet manufacturing standards and regulatory agency requirements.

[0022] According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for providing an integrated platform for safety product labeling, verification and law enforcement includes: multiple first labels and multiple second labels, designed to label multiple products to be labeled, verified and protected; an online platform for use by at least one law enforcement agency, used to monitor the activities of each of the multiple products in the market, directly receive complaints or reports from consumers, and obtain data analysis reports related to the multiple products, and support multiple multi-agency collaborative activities; application resources, installed on a user device associated with a user, the application resources including: a label scanner module for identifying authentic and / or counterfeit labels from the multiple first labels and / or the multiple second labels; a reporting module for recording the findings of the application resources in surprise inspections and / or sampling inspections; and a retailer module allowing multiple retailers to receive and scan the multiple products.

[0023] It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that NFC and QR codes are not newly discovered technologies and any experienced IT company is able to create a software or system, but the system and method of the present invention is intended to provide the MyORISmartSecure platform as a solution to successfully combine these two elements to create a complete brand protection ecosystem.

[0024] In use, under the MyORI SmartSecure platform, various stakeholders, consumers, retailers, manufacturers (brand owners) and regulators (law enforcement agencies), actively collaborate to identify counterfeit products and prevent suspicious activities in the market.

[0025] like Figure 1F As shown, the MyORI SmartSecure process first provides an interface for brand owners to register their business to become part of the platform. Once successfully registered, brand owners must provide details of the products they wish to protect. Any information related to product certification will be checked with the appropriate regulatory authorities to ensure correct compliance. After the product is successfully registered, the brand owner will receive the "MyORISmartSecure Label" to be applied to their products before the distribution process.

[0026] The retailer will then receive the product for sale. By using the MyORI SmartSecure converter, the retailer can generate a QR code for each sales transaction. This process is only available for certain products.

[0027] Additionally, by using the MyORI SmartSecure Consumer App, consumers can receive detailed product information and can submit reports directly from the app if they notice any suspicious activity. Every complaint and report made by consumers will be collected and sent directly to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Law enforcement agencies can receive and view all this data through the MyORI SmartSecure Law Enforcement Agency App. The case management system included in the app will allow them to easily manage every report received and assign it to their law enforcement officers. Through the app resources, law enforcement agencies can easily contact and notify the brand owners involved for inquiries or investigations. They can also monitor every product under the MyORI SmartSecure program through the app.

[0028] In addition, MyORI SmartSecure tags can be used to upgrade existing regulatory labels with secure encrypted tags to prevent counterfeit, duty-unpaid, and substandard products from being sold as legitimate or approved products. Figure 1C As shown, the existing iconic label designs (KPDNHEP TULEN hologram, SIRIM MS, MCMC label, HALAL JAKIM, JKDM duty paid) can be retained to ensure that consumers’ sense of familiarity and trust is not lost, while other labels can be integrated when appropriate.

[0029] According to one embodiment of the present invention, by using both NFC and QR code, MyORI SmartSecure provides two types of labeling processes to meet the needs of various products on the market, such as Figure 1G As shown, this process can be applied to end-to-end NFC tags, such as Figure 1H As shown, this process can be applied to NFC to QR code.

[0030] Those skilled in the art will recognize that the systems and methods of the present invention have significant advantages over the prior art, including but not limited to: encrypted SmartSecure tags can be integrated with product labeling to provide consumers with the latest information on authenticity, manufacturing standards, compliance status, and product recall information, and provide official agencies with useful reports and analysis, etc.

[0031] It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the systems and methods disclosed herein through exemplary embodiments are embodied through an exemplary system that provides an integrated platform for secure product labeling, verification, and enforcement. In use, the system includes a plurality of user devices, each of which hosts a plurality of applications including user application resources. In further use, each user application resource is communicatively coupled to other instances of user application resources and a server system via the communication network (e.g., the Internet).

[0032] As used herein, the term "user device" may refer to any machine that interfaces with the communication network to obtain resources from one or more server systems or other user devices. In use, the user device may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a portable digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, a tablet computer, an ultrabook, a notebook computer, a laptop computer, a multiprocessor system, a microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronic product, a game console, a set-top box, or any other communication device that allows a user to access a network.

[0033] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the communication network may include an ad hoc network, an intranet, an extranet, a virtual private network (VPN), a local area network (LAN), a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wide area network (WAN), a wireless WAN (WWAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), the Internet, a portion of the Internet, a portion of the public switched telephone network (PSTN), a plain old telephone service (POTS) network, a cellular telephone network, a wireless network, a Wi-Fi® network, another type of network, or a combination of two or more such networks, or operating in conjunction with the networks.

[0034] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the communication network or a portion of the communication network may include a wireless or cellular network, and the coupling may be a code division multiple access (CDMA) connection, a global system for mobile communications (GSM) connection, or other types of cellular or wireless coupling. In this example, the coupling may employ any of various types of data migration technologies, such as single carrier radio transmission technology (1×RTT), evolution data optimized (EVDO) technology, general packet radio service (GPRS) technology, enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) technology, third generation partnership project (3GPP) (including 3G), fourth generation wireless (4G) network, universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), high speed packet access (HSPA), world wide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), long term evolution (LTE) standard, other standards defined by various standards development organizations, other remote protocols, or other data migration technologies.

[0035] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the system and method disclosed herein is intended to provide server-side functions to user application resources via the communication network, with the aim of providing a system and method that provides an integrated platform for safety product labeling, verification, and law enforcement.

[0036] It will be further understood by those skilled in the art that, although certain functions of the system are described herein as being performed by user application resources or server systems, it is understood that the placement of certain functions in user application resources or server systems is merely a design choice. For example, it may be technically more preferable to initially deploy certain technologies and functions in a server system, but then migrate such technologies and functions to user application resources if the user device has sufficient processing power.

[0037] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the server system supports various services and operations provided to user application resources. Such operations include transmitting data to user application resources, receiving data from user application resources, and processing data generated by user application resources. For example, these data may include message content, user device information, geographic location information, media annotations and overlays, message content persistence conditions, social network information, and real-time event information. It will be further understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that, as disclosed herein, data exchange within the system is invoked and controlled by functions that can be utilized via the user interface (UI) of the user application resource.

[0038] It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the system and method according to the present invention may be embodied as a mobile application, or as software or computer code, which may be stored in a recording medium such as a CD ROM, RAM, floppy disk, hard disk, or magneto-optical disk, or downloaded over a network, so that the methods described herein may be presented in software using a general-purpose computer or a dedicated processor, or in programmable or dedicated hardware (such as, ASIC or FPGA). As is understood in the art, a computer, processor, or programmable hardware includes memory components, such as RAM, ROM, flash memory, etc., which may store or receive software or computer code, and when the computer, processor, or hardware accesses and executes the software or code, the processing methods described herein may be implemented. Therefore, it can be seen that the various embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein have significant advantages over the prior art, such as, for example, but not limited to the aspects disclosed herein.

[0039] Conditional language used herein, such as "can", "would", "may", "may", "for example", etc., unless otherwise specifically stated or understood from the context in which it is used, is generally intended to express that certain embodiments include certain features, elements and / or steps, while other embodiments do not include these features, elements and / or steps. Therefore, such conditional language generally does not mean that the features, elements and / or steps are required for one or more embodiments, nor does it mean that one or more embodiments necessarily include logic for determining whether these features, elements and / or steps are included in any particular embodiment or whether to be performed in any particular embodiment with or without author input or prompting. The words "comprising", "including", "having", etc. are synonymous and are used inclusively in an open-ended manner and do not exclude additional elements, features, behaviors, operations, etc. In addition, the word "or" is used in its inclusive sense (not exclusive sense). For example, when used to connect a list of elements, the word "or" means one, some or all of the elements in the list.

[0040] Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it should be understood that the present invention may be implemented in ways other than those specifically shown and described herein, and that in the described embodiments, certain changes may be made in the form and arrangement of parts without departing from the basic ideas or principles of the present invention as described in the appended claims. Therefore, the appended claims should be interpreted as covering all equivalents that fall within the true scope and spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for providing an integrated platform for safe product labeling, verification and enforcement, the method comprising the following steps: Providing a plurality of first labels and a plurality of second labels, intended to label a plurality of products to be labeled, authenticated, and protected; providing an online platform for use by at least one law enforcement agency to monitor the activities of each of the plurality of products in the market, directly receive complaints or reports from consumers, and obtain data analysis reports related to the plurality of products, as well as support a plurality of multi-agency collaborative activities; as well as An application resource installed on a user device associated with a user is provided, the application resource comprising: a label scanner module for identifying authentic and / or counterfeit labels from the plurality of first labels and / or the plurality of second labels; a reporting module for recording findings of the application resource during surprise inspections and / or sampling inspections; and a retailer module allowing multiple retailers to receive and scan the plurality of products.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The plurality of first tags include NFC tags, and the plurality of second tags include QR codes.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The method further comprises the step of upgrading an existing custody tag with a secure encryption tag via the plurality of first tags and / or the plurality of second tags.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The method provides a system built based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The method is configured to be used only for products that comply with the manufacturing standards and regulatory agency requirements.

6. A system for providing an integrated platform for secure product labeling, authentication, and enforcement, the system comprising: A plurality of first labels and a plurality of second labels, intended to label a plurality of products to be labeled, authenticated, and protected; an online platform for use by at least one law enforcement agency to monitor the activity of each of the plurality of products in the market, directly receive complaints or reports from consumers, and obtain data analysis reports related to the plurality of products, as well as support a plurality of multi-agency collaborative activities; as well as An application resource, installed on a user device associated with a user, the application resource comprising: a label scanner module for identifying authentic and / or counterfeit labels from the plurality of first labels and / or the plurality of second labels; a reporting module for recording findings of the application resource during surprise inspections and / or sampling inspections; and a retailer module allowing a plurality of retailers to receive and scan the plurality of products.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein: The plurality of first tags include NFC tags, and the plurality of second tags include QR codes.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein: The system is configured to upgrade existing custody tags with secure encryption tags via the plurality of first tags and / or the plurality of second tags.

9. The system according to claim 6, wherein: The system is built based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.

10. The system according to claim 6, wherein: The system is configured to be used only with products that comply with the manufacturing standards and regulatory agency requirements.

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