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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2024
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Scott Bartlett, Mountain View, CA (US);
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and machine-readable medium are described for verification of devices in a product package. An optical code on a product package is scanned at a point-of-sale (POS) system and a digital code generated; an RF burst is generated to activate devices in the product package which transmit identification information. A device manifest is used indicating devices intended to be included in the product package. The identification information is compared with the set of devices indicated by the device manifest; and allowing a purchase of the product package to proceed if the identification information matches the set of devices; wherein if the identification information does not match the performing one or more secondary operations and/or providing instructions at the POS system to attempt to verify that the devices in the product package match the set of devices indicated by the device manifest.