Method and system for verifying the authenticity of goods over an internet

摘要

The present invention relates to a system and method for authenticating a good and determining if the good is in the seller's possession. It relies on a web-based authentication service that requires the seller to provide photos of key features specific to the item, along with an identification number, specific to the item that must be present in each photo. The present invention applies to goods sold either in person, in a retail store, or over the internet.

主权项

1. A method for authenticating goods, comprising:
receiving, at an authentication web server via the internet, a request from a seller of a good to authenticate the good, the authentication web server comprising one or more hardware processors; providing, by the authentication web server to the seller, an identification number; requesting, by the authentication web server from the seller, one or more photographs of the good, the request identifying one or more features of the good to be photographed, the identified features corresponding to features of an authentic good; receiving, at the authentication web server from the seller, one or more photographs of the good, each of one or more of the photographs showing one or more of the identified features and including the identification number visibly within the photograph; determining, by the authentication web server, if the good is authentic based on a comparison of the one or more identified features shown in the received photographs to features of the authentic good; and in response to determining that the good is authentic, providing, by the authentication web server to one or more of the seller and a potential buyer of the good, an indication that the good is authentic.