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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2006
Richard James Swan, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Shantha Mohan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Sun, San Jose, CA (US);
Alexander Varshavsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Karthik Mohanram, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard James Swan, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Shantha Mohan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Sun, San Jose, CA (US);
Alexander Varshavsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Karthik Mohanram, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
T3C Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of authenticating a product includes authenticating a user through a graphical user interface. Product information is secured. The product information is linked to product pedigree information derived from cross-enterprise RF tag information. The cross-enterprise RF tag information includes RF tag information characterizing product movement from a first enterprise to a second enterprise. The first enterprise and the second enterprise are selected from a manufacturer, a warehouse, a distributor and a retailer. The product pedigree information is supplied. The pedigree of a product is verified based upon the product pedigree information.