US 11,853,407 B2
Protected article management
Jane Marie Siebels, Nassau (BS); Jeffrey Guy Bonar, Brooklyn, NY (US); Karl Ginter, Beltsville, MD (US); John Langley Rehwinkel, Lovettsville, VA (US); and Derek S. Toledo-Silbert, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Homer Technology Holdings (Bahamas), Ltd., Nassau (BS)
Filed by Siebels Asset Management Research Ltd., Nassau (BS)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/901,689.
Application 16/821,363 is a division of application No. 15/977,862, filed on May 11, 2018, granted, now 10,636,232, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Application 15/977,862 is a division of application No. 15/130,641, filed on Apr. 15, 2016, granted, now 9,996,996, issued on Jun. 12, 2018.
Application 17/901,689 is a continuation of application No. 16/821,363, filed on Mar. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,449,593.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/285,018, filed on Apr. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/295,914, filed on Feb. 16, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/148,528, filed on Apr. 16, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0004633 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/35 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 21/35 (2013.01) [G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); H04L 9/3271 (2013.01); H04L 9/3278 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); G06F 2221/2129 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00412 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); H04L 2209/12 (2013.01); H04L 2209/805 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An authentication component for use with an article comprising at least one physically uncopiable attribute of the material of manufacture of the article, the attribute being independent of the authentication component,
the authentication component comprising:
a sensor that measures the at least one physically uncopiable attribute of the material of manufacture of the article and produces a corresponding measurement signal that changes when the authentication component is moved relative to the material of manufacture of the article exhibiting the at least one physically uncopiable attribute, and
an authentication circuit connected to the sensor and configured to calculate at least one authenticity indium based on the measurement signal the sensor produces in response to measuring the at least one physically uncopiable attribute of the material of manufacture of the article, and to provide the calculated authenticity indicia.