US 12,335,736 B2
Devices, systems, and methods using microtransponders
William E. Eibon, Elyria, OH (US); and Michael Hadjisavas, Frederick, MD (US)
Assigned to P-CHIP IP HOLDINGS INC.
Filed by P-CHIP IP HOLDINGS INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/463,809.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,716, filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,753, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/151,018, filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,763, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0085992 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/30 (2021.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H10F 19/50 (2025.01); H10F 39/12 (2025.01)
CPC H04W 12/30 (2021.01) [G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04L 9/0866 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H10F 19/50 (2025.01); H10F 39/191 (2025.01); G06F 2221/2115 (2013.01); H04B 1/38 (2013.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of securing an object, comprising:
embedding a combination of a plurality of microtransponders (MTPs) into at least one of a taggant, a plurality of taggants, a packaging, or the object, the plurality of MTPs each being configured with respective identifiers, and each of the plurality of MTPs being configured to be read individually by an identifier reader;
receiving, by at least one biometric input device, biometric information of at least a person or an entity associated with the object;
indexing the respective identifiers of the plurality of MTPs and the biometric information to the object;
storing indexing information associated with the plurality of MTPs, the biometric information, and the object in a database of a digital security system;
reading each of the respective identifiers individually via the identifier reader and obtaining separate validation of each of the respective identifiers in response to the reading;
receiving subsequently-entered biometric information via the at least one biometric input device; and
verifying, based on a combination of the separate validation of each of the respective identifiers and the subsequently-entered biometric information, the indexing information to determine whether the respective identifiers and the subsequently-entered biometric information are both associated with the object.