摘要 |
A method of labeling and authenticating a product, particularly a pharmaceutical package, for anti-counterfeiting purposes, the method comprising: generating original identification data referring to the product; encrypting the original data to generate encrypted identification data; storing the original data and the corresponding encrypted data in a database system; labeling the product with the encrypted data during a packaging process; and authenticating the product. The authentication of an product comprises: reading the encrypted data; transferring the encrypted data to a data processing system; decrypting the encrypted data in the data processing system to generate decrypted product identification data; comparing the decrypted data with the stored original data; determining whether the decrypted data matches the original data, thereby generating an authentication result; incrementing an authentication counter of the original data by one and storing the authentication counter; and, if the authentication result is positive and the authentication counter is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold, providing information that the product is genuine; or if the authentication result is positive and the authentication counter is above the predetermined threshold, providing information that the product is not genuine; or if the authentication result is negative, providing information that the product is not genuine.
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