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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2018
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
David Anthony Roberts, Warrington, GB;
Patrik Smets, Nijlen, BE;
Ramin Aghdaee, Waterloo, BE;
Joseph Pitcher, Merseyside, GB;
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for a goods manager to authenticate products at the point of sale is provided. The method comprises: providing an authentication device to a merchant, wherein the authentication device is not associated with a product but is configured to receive product information from a merchant terminal; once information about a product has been received by the authentication device from the merchant terminal, obtaining from the authentication device a signed message comprising information about the authentication device and information about the product received from the merchant terminal; and providing authorization data to the authentication device if the information fulfils one or more criteria, thereby associating the authentication device with the product. A method for a merchant to authenticate goods at the point of sale and a merchant terminal to perform such a method are also provided.