| CPC G06Q 30/018 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 19/0709 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A method of validating authenticity of a product stored in a container having a closure, comprising:
reading a first authentication code by a reader writer device from a first ambient electromagnetic power harvesting (AEPH) chip affixed to at least one of the container or the closure, wherein the first AEPH chip extracts electric power from an ambient radio frequency emission and the first authentication code is stored in a static portion of memory of the first AEPH chip;
reading a second authentication code by the reader-writer device from a second AEPH chip affixed to the container, wherein the second AEPH chip extracts electric power from the ambient radio frequency emission and the second authentication code is stored in a static portion of memory of the second AEPH chip;
sending the first authentication code and the second authentication code by the reader-writer device in an authentication service request message to an authentication service;
receiving an authentication success message by the reader-writer device from the authentication service, wherein the authentication service accessed a data store to confirm the association of the first authentication code and the second authentication code for the product;
completing a product distribution action on the product based on receiving the authentication success message; and
writing product distribution information by a second reader-writer device to the first AEPH chip, wherein the product distribution information is written to a memory portion of the first AEPH chip that supports a plurality of writes.
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