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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2005
Guillaume Oget, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jorge Badillo, Rincon, PR (US);
Bill Serra, Montara, CA (US);
Cyril Brignone, Mountain View, CA (US);
Malena Mesarina, Mountain View, CA (US);
Guillaume Oget, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jorge Badillo, Rincon, PR (US);
Bill Serra, Montara, CA (US);
Cyril Brignone, Mountain View, CA (US);
Malena Mesarina, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of authenticating products includes receiving a description of detectable features read from a package. The package includes two or more detectable features, and the detectable features are affixed on the package based on encoded information. Authentication information is provided based on a comparison of the received description to one or more stored package identifiers.