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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2014
Smart Wave Technologies Corp., Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Peter Zosimadis, Toronto, CA;
Scott Arthur McMullen, Toronto, CA;
Abstract
This application generally relates to systems and methods for authenticating a bulk quantity of a consumable product with a corresponding product. More specifically, the invention associates a bulk quantity of the consumable product with a product parameter such as a consumption rate of the consumable product within the corresponding product; provides and authorizes a key and/or reader with the bulk quantity and consumption rate data to a specific corresponding product wherein the bulk quantity and consumption rate data are correlated to a maximum consumption quantity value; monitoring consumption of the consumable product within the corresponding product until the maximum consumption quantity value is reached; and providing an event output to the corresponding product when the maximum consumption quantity value is realized.