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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11948156 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2020

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Applicant:

Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Nader Rahimizad, Portland, OR (US);

Christopher Andon, Portland, OR (US);

Hien Tommy Pham, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorney:

Quinn IP Law

Primary Examiner:

Daniel St Cyr

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 (2006.01); A43B 3/34 (2022.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 19/02 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06K 19/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0185 (2013.01); A43B 3/34 (2022.01); G06K 7/10861 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06K 7/1443 (2013.01); G06K 7/1447 (2013.01); G06K 19/027 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3672 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3674 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); H04L 9/088 (2013.01); G06K 2007/10504 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 19/06028 (2013.01); G06K 19/145 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes providing a machine-readable identifier attached to an article of clothing, each of the plurality of identifying ciphers is disposed in a predetermined discrete area; receiving a scanned image of the machine-readable identifier to detect the identifying ciphers of each of the predetermined discrete areas; retrieving a predetermined stored cipher for each of the predetermined discrete areas; comparing the identifying ciphers of each of the predetermined discrete areas with the predetermined stored ciphers for each of the predetermined discrete areas to determine if each identifying cipher in each predetermined discrete area matches a corresponding stored cipher for each of the respective predetermined discrete areas; and providing the service relating to the article of clothing in response to determining that each identifying cipher in each of the predetermined discrete areas matches the corresponding stored cipher for each of the respective predetermined discrete areas.

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