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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a method of controlling an object, more particularly to a method which makes it possible to verify the authenticity of an object such as a watch, a jewel, a medicine or any other valuable object.
• This method is particularly suitable for example during customs controls to ensure that the controlled object comes from a specific manufacturer and that it is not a counterfeit.
• the method which is the subject of the invention implements data acquisition and transmission means between a control station and a verification center in which all the data circulating on the telecommunication networks are encrypted. All sensitive data to verify that there is an original object is kept in one place and are not accessible when transmitting bidirectional information between the control point and the central verification .
• the problem to be solved by the present invention is not to transmit sensitive information between the control point and the central verification that will attest to the authenticity of the object controlled by a quick and unambiguous verification. It should also be noted that all the information relating to the object to be checked is kept only at the place where the verification center is located.
• each original object comprises at least two distinct identification means.
• a first identification means is visible from outside the object. It may be for example a bar code or a QR code affixed to the object or its packaging.
• a second identification means in the form of an electronic tag or an RFID tag or any other such device that can be read remotely by a suitable reader is installed in the object and preferably is not visible from outside the object.
• the watch case is provided on its outer part with a barcode or a QR code affixed to the back of the box.
• An RFID tag serving as the second means of identification is integrated with its antenna in the watch case.
• the RFID tag or electronic tag is a simple and compact device that usually has a unique serial number that can be read without contact with a reader emitting a radiant field that activates the tag when the latter is located within the range of action of the reader. It should also be noted that these passive tags, in their simplest version, do not offer any possibility of writing data. They consist of a unique serial number that can be read remotely when the tag is activated by the reader but can not be modified.
• the identification element visible for example the QR code on the object carries some of the information necessary to identify the object.
• the visible identification element In order to prevent the visible identification element from being reproduced or falsified, it contains only part of the information necessary to identify the object. In the same way, the tag alone does not guarantee the authenticity of the object. It is indeed a combination of the information carried by the QR code and information relating to the unique serial number of the electronic tag that determines the authenticity of the object to be controlled.
• the manufacturer chooses which information he wishes to use from those on the visible element, the first means of identification and those carried by the tag to verify the authenticity of the object.
• the manufacturer may for example use the unique serial number of the electronic tag in combination with all or part of the information carried by the QR code.
• the fraudulent installation of a tag in the object does not allow to uniquely identify the object because it will miss the information carried by the first piece of information.
• the manufacturer of the object to be controlled decides how he wishes to combine the information carried by the visible element and that contained in the tag to establish a unique correspondence list between the combination of this information and the internal references of the original object. This increases the reliability of the system since only the manufacturer knows how the information carried by the different identification elements must be combined.
• the manufacturer establishes a list in a computer file that contains all the information relating to the object (reference, date of manufacture, place of manufacture, specific characteristics of the object, etc.).
• This computer file further comprises the combination of the information contained in the tag and those carried by the visible information element.
• the file computer thus constituted references all the original objects as well as the chosen combination of information enabling it to be authenticated. Any combination between the first and second pieces of information is conceivable.
• the object to be verified is presented to a combined reader which will read both the QR code and the serial number of the electronic tag.
• An appropriate reader will preferably be used which includes an optical reader for reading the visible element and a high frequency reader which enables the electronic tag to be activated and to retrieve its serial number.
• the combined reader is coupled to a data transmission device such as a laptop or a mobile phone which can transmit the data acquired by the reader to the control unit.
• a data transmission device such as a laptop or a mobile phone which can transmit the data acquired by the reader to the control unit.
• the data acquired by the reader are encrypted by the transmission device before being transmitted to the verification center.
• any known form of encryption can be used, for example an RSA-type asymmetric encryption or a DES-type symmetric encryption.
• the computer equipment of the verification center decrypts the received data, then applies the matching rule defined by the manufacturer to obtain a number or a sequence of characters which corresponds to an entry in the database of the articles. originals.
• the verification center then accesses the database using the information transmitted and the number obtained by the concordance rule and checks whether this information corresponds to a specific object.
• the central verification system transmits to the control station by the means of transmission a positive signal indicating that it is indeed an original article. If the matching rule applied to the received information elements does not uniquely identify an original article, a negative signal is transmitted to the transmission means of the control station.

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