Avery Dennison Retail Information Services, LLC

Julie Vargas

Paul A Chamandy

George L Dyche, Jr

Kimberly Kae Schneider

Christopher Palmer

George Dyche

A blockchain-based 'fork chain' system and method for tracking RFID labels and other products. The method ensures authenticity at each step, and that the digital identity of a physical item can be accurately verified. The method may include: (a) receiving and verifying RFID chips manufactured by a trusted supplier; (b) creating a blockchain related to the chips; (c) assembling the chips into a roll inlay, the inlays into a carton and the cartons into a pallet; (d) updating the blockchain with roll, carton, and pallet codes; (e) taking receipt from a specific trusted individual and adding verification to the blockchain; and (f) activating a digital identity. GPS information may be associated with each step in the process to ensure that the product is properly present at the appropriate manufacturing and encoding locations. Once a digital identity is produced for the product, it may be added to by subsequent users.

Fork chain product label and method of use

A tag or label incorporating embedded trigger technology, such as RFID, QR codes, or barcodes is disclosed to effectively integrate RFID or a trigger directly into the garment. Typically, the embedded technology is embedded via a digital manufacturing process, and the labels and tags enable a data connection via the embedded triggers and a unique identifier corresponding to the embedded triggers. Thus, once the trigger technology is enabled via scanning, visual recognition, UHF/NFC RFID, etc., data items in the data management platform are enabled. Specifically, the data items within the data management platform include sustainability, consumer engagement, authentication/brand protection, merchandising/marketing, and data management and can be leveraged to drive an interactive consumer experience.

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Julie Vargas