RU2413973C2 - Identification certificate - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: protected access code is entered into a data base from a "commodity key". Further, compatibility of the access code with the identification number of the commodity is checked using the data base system. In case of conformity, the data base system issues an identification certificate for a specific commodity unit with an assigned number. The said certificate will then present the access code to the identification number of the commodity in the data base.

EFFECT: invention ensures accurate identification and high level of protecting any commodity from counterfeit.

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Description

Currently, the task of identifying goods (watches, cars, etc.) in a form that is acceptable for comparison with this invention is performed by well-known tangible objects such as a passport, certificate.

As a rule, these documents provide information about a particular product, its properties, parameters that are determined by the state or the manufacturer of the product. They contain registration numbers, barcodes or other means of protecting documents from counterfeiting, but the task is to completely neutralize the possibility of forgery of documents confirming the legal origin of a particular product, the available means of protection do not solve.

Closer to the form with the Identification Certificate, the analogue existing on the product market is a product passport. This document is made by the manufacturer, it is assigned a permanent number, which is entered in the information base of the manufacturer, and the document itself (passport) in a single copy with a constant number accompanies the goods from the moment it enters the market and during operation by the consumer. This allows you to copy a passport with a real existing registered number of the manufacturer of counterfeit goods in the quantity necessary for them. Thus, under one number in the product market, there may be many counterfeit units of goods with the same documents.

In addition to the foregoing, there are other means and methods of identifying and individualizing a product or product group: these are excise stamps, holographic images and more. But, nevertheless, these material objects and methods of identification do not allow the consumer of the product to obtain reliable information about the specific unit of the goods he bought in part regarding his (the goods) legality of manufacture, i.e. to link a specific product with a specific manufacturer, which practice proves in the realities of life.

In order to combat counterfeiting of various types of products, commodity producers are forced to periodically change the external signs of goods, labels, packaging, etc., and government agencies are forced to use various preventive and compulsory methods. But all this is not a panacea in the fight against counterfeit goods. Modern technologies make it easy to rebuild any production involved in the manufacture of fakes and continue to produce modified counterfeit products.

The aim of the presented invention is to provide a 100% technical result in the process of identifying each specific unit of goods by any interested person regarding its (product) legality of manufacture and sale.

Device - Identity Certificate

A device for identifying and protecting finished products from counterfeiting is an Identification Certificate. The Identification Certificate, as a material object, consists of three parts, which together make up a single whole.

The first part of the Product Identification Certificate is made in electronic form and placed in the Information Database of the product manufacturer or authorized organization. It is carried out in the form established by the manufacturer of the goods, in which all necessary or sufficient information is listed about a specific unit of goods with confirmation of its (goods) authenticity and quality and the identification number assigned to it (goods).

The second part of the Identification Certificate from the moment the producer releases the product for free circulation is the “product key” with a secure access code to the identification number in the Information Base. The “product key” is attached directly to the product itself and follows with this product everywhere (territorially) to a specific consumer. It can be made in any form: in the form of a label, label, tag, on plastic, paper, wooden or other media.

The third part of the Identification Certificate is directly a document in electronic, paper or other versions confirming the legal origin of the goods, which is issued by the Information Base.

The method of product identification as an object of legal protection

The document, which contains information about the product, has an identification number in the information base, and an access code to the product identification number is located on the “product key”. This code has a protective opaque outer layer and can be made in the form of a combination of numbers, letters, signs, barcode or other. By analogy, this option of a “product key” can be compared with payment cards for telephone operator services, when after activating the card the client actually pays for the operator’s services. In relation to the Identification Certificate, activation of the access code gives you the opportunity to access information about this unit of goods located in the Information Base. When a secure access code to the product identification number is opened on the “product key” and entered via the Internet into the Information Base, the Information Base system checks whether the “product key” access code matches the product identification number for compatibility. If there is a match, the identification number under which the goods are registered in the Information Base is blocked. A new identification number is assigned to this product and the person who made the request is issued a document - an Identification Certificate for a specific unit of goods, with an assigned number, which will subsequently be the access code to the identification number of the goods in the Information Base for which the Identification Certificate was issued. The access code will be different than the one that was on the “product key” earlier. This is necessary to prevent the possibility of further use of the opened access code issued by the Identification Certificate on counterfeit products.

The method of identifying a product for its legality of origin is characterized in that the first prerequisite for a method of identifying a product is to block the identification number under which the product is registered in the Information Base, for which a request was made if it is compatible with the access code. The second prerequisite is that a product about which a request has been made to the Information Base is assigned a new identification number. The third prerequisite is the issuance of an Identification Certificate to the person who made the request to the Information Base for a specific unit of goods, with the assigned number, which will subsequently be the access code to the identification number of the goods in the Information Base for which the Identification Certificate was issued. Issuance of an Identification Certificate for a specific unit of goods with a change in the product identification number and access code will be carried out as many times as the request will be made to the Information Base on access codes to obtain an Identification Certificate for the requested unit of goods. This is due to the possibility of the movement of this product in the consumer market from one legal purchaser to another. There are no close analogues that could be cited as an alternative to this method.

Claims (5)

1. A device for identifying a product for its legality of origin consists of an electronic document with an identification number assigned to it, located in the information database, with information about a specific unit of goods, a “product key” with an access code to the information database attached directly to the product itself, the following directly with this product everywhere geographically to a specific consumer, and an identification certificate - a document confirming the legality of the origin of the goods issued information base. 2. The device for identifying goods according to claim 1, characterized in that the electronic document in the information base has a constantly changing identification number, the “product key” has a secure access code to the identification number of the goods in the information base, the identification certificate issued by the information base has changeable access code. 3. The method of identifying a product for its legality of origin is that after entering a secure access code from the “product key” into the information database and checking the information base system for the access code with the product identification number for compatibility and, if available, according to the results conformity checking by the information base system, an identification certificate is issued for a specific unit of goods with an assigned number, which in the future will be the access code for identification ion product number in the information database in respect of which an identification certificate was issued. 4. The method of identifying a product for its legality of origin according to claim 3, characterized in that if the access code is compatible with the “product key” with the identification number under which the product is registered in the information base, the identification number is blocked, a new identification number is assigned to this product number and an identification certificate with a new access code is issued. 5. The method of identifying a product for its legality of origin according to claim 3, characterized in that the issuance of an identification certificate for a specific unit of goods with a change in its identification number in the information base and access code will be performed as many times as the request for the information base will be made for the receipt of an identification certificate for the requested unit of goods.