Writing ^>> Storing ^> Reading
Manufacturer (passive):
> Writing-additional to
standard production
information-encrypted
product ID-information
based on IT-center
instructions
> Invisible encrypted product
ID-information will be written
with, for example,
fluorescence material
IT-center (active):
> Sending information for writing
product ID-information at
manufacturing site
> Storing product ID-
information at IT-ste in data
base
> Checking ID-information
during reading/ID check
process at distributor site and
> Sending authenticity check
result to distributor site
> Depending on authenticity
check result, activation of
security/alram procedure
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Distributor (passive):
> Reading standard visible
production information and
> Sending it to the IT-center
> Getting instructions for reading
encrypted ID-information;
(i) spatial ID (where to read),
(ii) image-ID (encrypted symbol)
(iii) material to ID (spectral, ]8)
> Reading and sending encrypted
information to IT-center
> Getting feedback regarding
product authenticity
> Displaying authenticity check result
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Note: (a) IT-center (e.g., a third party) may be the only active command center, not manufacturer or distributor;
(b) Writing as well as the reading device may be 100 % passive devices without any handling of original encrypted product/material ID-information
