SI9800026A - Coding system for assuring authorized use of original product - Google Patents

Abstract

In a coding system for assuring an authorized use of an original product, a basic code belonging to this product only is assigned to each original product by the producer. A secret code is further assigned to the basic code and recorded on the original product in a hidden manner. An authorized user may uncover the secret code recorded and irreversibly hidden on the original product and check the accordance between the mentioned basic and the mentioned secret code using a telecommunication line to the manufacturer of this product. The system according to the invention enables the authorized product user to check the product's authenticity, while in the case of falsification, the manufacturer of the product gets the precious information about the sales chain in which the falsification of his product has occurred.

Description

A coding system to ensure the authorized use of a genuine product

The subject of the invention relates to a coding system for ensuring the authorized use of a genuine product.

The invention is classified according to the international classification of patents in class G 09C1 / 00.

The invention solves the technical problem of what the coding system should be like, in order to double authenticate the authenticated person to the authenticated person or to allow the exclusive use of such a product.

Code authentication is known for authentication or counterfeiting. The following options are known. All products of the same type have either the same code or the code changes progressively from product to product of the same type. Additional protection against counterfeiting is achieved by affixing the product with a single-use stamp or sticker. In the palm of your hand, both the products themselves, as well as the aforementioned codes of the first or second kind, and of course, stamps and stickers are subject to forgery.

The technical problem of the invention is solved by a coding system for ensuring the authorized use of a genuine product, characterized in that the manufacturer has assigned to each genuine product only the corresponding basic code assigned to him, which in turn is secretly recorded on the genuine product. code.

In the first embodiment, the code system for ensuring the authorized use of the authentic product is further characterized in that the authorized user discloses the secret code recorded and irreversibly hidden on the genuine product and verifies the correspondence between said base code and said secret through the telecommunication line of the manufacturer of that product. code.

In another embodiment, the coding system for providing authenticated use of the authentic product is further characterized in that only the authorized user is aware of a basic code whose input to the interface allows the serial number of the corresponding first secret code to be entered in the memory of the interface and the serial number of the corresponding second secret code in the memory of the genuine product and that only the positive result of comparing the first and second secret codes allows the use of the genuine product, and above all, the user of the purchased product cannot verify that it has acquired a genuine product by purchase.

The first embodiment of the coding system according to the invention for providing authorized use of a genuine product enables the owner or a broader authorized person to authenticate the product, and in the case of forgery, the manufacturer obtains valuable information in which sales chain the product was falsified. In another embodiment of the system according to the invention, the unauthorized person is prevented from using the product even though it would come into the possession of the base code.

The invention will now be further explained in detail based on the description of two embodiments.

The coding system of the invention provides the rightful owner, or more broadly, an authorized person with either the use of the product or the certainty of using the genuine product. The system according to the invention consists in the fact that the contractor assigns to each of his or her own, ie genuine, product only the corresponding base code, and at the same time records the corresponding secret code on the base code and conceals it.

In the first embodiment of the system according to the invention, the owner of the genuine product on the flight discloses the secret code and, through a telecommunication line, checks with the manufacturer whether the basic product code really corresponds to the secret code disclosed. Secret code on genuine products is obscured in an irreversible way. Only the original concealment is immediately considered during manufacture, e.g. by vaporization, by coating and the like. The irreversibility of hiding the secret code is important because only the right owner or authorized person has an interest in authenticating the product. In the case of a negative verification result, the manufacturer will make sure that the fake chain is found in the sales chain.

In the second embodiment of the system according to the invention, the owner or authorized user is acquainted with the basic code upon purchase of the genuine product and also acquires the interface into which the basic code is entered. Each entry of the base code into the interface causes the serial number of the entry to correspond to the first secret code in the memory of the interface and to the corresponding serial number of the entry to generate the second secret code accordingly. The first and second secret codes are compared. Only the positive result of this comparison allows the use of the product.

The first embodiment of the invention is used, for example, for more expensive consumer goods by reputable manufacturers such as clothing and the like, or for cartons containing more than one identical product. Another embodiment of the system according to the invention may, however, be used when entering a vehicle or accessing a product by means of a remote control device.

Claims (3)

Patent claims 1. A coding system for ensuring the authorized use of a genuine product, characterized in that the manufacturer has assigned to each genuine product only a corresponding base code assigned to him, which, in the hidden product, is covered by a secret code. A coding system for providing the authorized use of a genuine product according to claim 1, characterized in that the authorized user discloses a secret code recorded and irreversibly concealed on the genuine product, the correspondence with said base code is verified by the manufacturer of that product via a telecommunication line. Coding system for providing authorized use of a genuine product according to claim 1, characterized in that only the authorized user is aware of a basic code whose entry into the interface allows the serial number of the entry of the corresponding first secret code in the interface memory and the serial number of the entry of the corresponding second secret code in the memory of the genuine product and that only a positive result of comparing the first and second secret codes allows the use of the genuine product.