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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
Laserlock Technologies Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Norman A. Gardner, Bala Cynwyd, PA (US);
Neil Alpert, Washington, DC (US);
Paul Donfried, Richmond, MA (US);
LaserLock Technologies Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Described is a characteristic verification system that includes security marks, devices, systems and methods that may be used to authenticate a material good and to provide strong brand protection. A device, such as a smartphone, that includes a software application, a camera and a light source, may be used to interrogate the security mark and connect to remote servers to authenticate the material good at varying levels of assurance. In addition to authenticating the good, the system may also authenticate the user and provide different information to different users and/or limit information that is provided unauthenticated users.