Authentication system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current authentication methods for objects and products with intellectual property protection lack integration of intellectual property protected features with machine-readable features, making them vulnerable to counterfeiting as the machine-readable security features can be easily replicated or decoded, allowing counterfeit products to bypass authentication processes without infringing on intellectual property rights.
Innovation Solution
A secure glyph combining an intellectual property protected feature with a machine-readable feature, where the intellectual property protected feature is recognized alone or in combination with the machine-readable feature by an authenticating apparatus, using a database and authentication reader with signal generation, detection, and processing units to verify authenticity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If machine-readable security features are used for authentication, then authentication speed and ease of verification are improved, but vulnerability to counterfeiting increases because the features can be easily replicated or decoded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines intellectual property protected features (such as trademarks, logos, or copyrighted designs) with machine-readable security features into a single integrated secure glyph. This merging ensures that the machine-readable feature cannot be separated from the protected intellectual property, making counterfeiting legally actionable while maintaining efficient authentication verification.
2Speed
If only machine-readable features are used for authentication, then real-time verification is achieved, but the security protection lifespan is limited by utility patent duration
Solution Approach 1:
The secure glyph serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides real-time machine-readable authentication for immediate verification, while also incorporating intellectual property protected features that can be enforced through trademark, copyright, or design right laws indefinitely. This multi-functionality extends the security protection lifespan beyond the limitations of utility patents.
3Reliability
If intellectual property protected features alone are used for authentication, then counterfeiters can be held legally accountable, but authentication cannot be performed in real-time without dedicated forensic tools
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating intellectual property protected features with machine-readable security features into a unified secure glyph, the system enables both real-time authentication through the machine-readable component and legal accountability through the intellectual property component, resolving the contradiction between authentication speed and counterfeit accountability.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is directed to an authenticating apparatus, system and a method for authentication of an object or product having a secure glyph thereon. The invention is also directed to the use of the object or product in a machine wherein the secure glyph has an intellectual property protected feature and a machine readable feature.