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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Kuniavsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paula M. Te, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shantanu Rane, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10019 (2013.01); G06K 19/06028 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes a first reader capable of reading a seed value from an object, a second reader capable of accessing and retrieving an original value from a printed memory attached to the object, a memory in which is stored at least one authentication value, and a processor to generate an authentication value from the seed value, compare the authentication value to the seed value, and determine a status of the object.