System and method of authenticating physical collectibles
A system and method authenticates physical collectibles. A user of a mobile device is authenticated. An image of a physical item during a session is captured by the mobile device. Session data representing presence of the mobile device and the user at the session is captured. The session data includes one or more of user image data, user audio data, time data, or location data. Based on the session data, a unique code is generated. The unique code is associated with the physical item. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
1 . A method, comprising:
initiating, by one or more processors of a mobile device, a session within a software application to authenticate a user of the mobile device and a physical item being copresent during the session;
displaying, by a display of the mobile device, a prompt to the user to make a unique marking on the physical item;
capturing, during the session by one or more cameras of the mobile device, an image of the physical item having the unique marking made by the user on the physical item in response to the displayed prompt;
generating, during the session by the one or more processors, session data representing presence of the mobile device and the user, wherein the session data includes user image data, real-time clock data generated by the one or more processors during the session, and GPS coordinates of the mobile device during the session; and
generating, by the one or more processors based on the image and the session data, an authentication asset including a unique code associated with the unique marking on the physical item to represent the presence of both the user and the physical item during the session.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the authentication asset includes a superimposed image including the unique code superimposed on the image of the physical item.
3 . The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying, by the display of the mobile device, instructions to apply the unique marking to the physical item.
4 . The method of claim 1 further comprising capturing, by the one or more cameras simultaneously with capturing the image, a second image of the user of the mobile device.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more cameras include a first camera and a second camera, and wherein the first camera captures the image and the second camera captures the second image.
6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising generating, by the one or more processors, descriptive data describing the physical item.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein generating the descriptive data includes identifying the physical item based on image recognition of the physical item in the image.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the prompt includes one or more characters of the unique marking to be made on the physical item, and wherein the unique code includes the one or more characters.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more characters include a sequence of two or more characters, and wherein the unique code includes the sequence of two or more characters.
10 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
transmitting, by the one or more processors, the image to a remote server; and
comparing, by one or more server processors of the remote server, the image to the unique marking on the physical item to authenticate the physical item as being the physical item in the image.
11 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to perform a method comprising:
initiating, by the one or more processors of the mobile device, a session within a software application to authenticate a user of the mobile device and a physical item being copresent during the session;
displaying, by a display of the mobile device, a prompt to the user to make a unique marking on the physical item;
capturing, during the session by one or more cameras of the mobile device, an image of a physical item having the unique marking made by the user on the physical item in response to the displayed prompt;
generating, during the session by the one or more processors, session data representing presence of the mobile device and the user, wherein the session data includes user image data, real-time clock data generated by the one or more processors during the session, and GPS coordinates of the mobile device during the session; and
generating, by the one or more processors based on the image and the session data, an authentication asset including a unique code associated with the unique marking on the physical item to represent the presence of both the user and the physical item during the session.
12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the authentication asset includes a superimposed image including the unique code superimposed on the image of the physical item.
13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 further comprising displaying, by the display of the mobile device, instructions to apply the unique marking to the physical item.
14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 further comprising capturing, by the one or more cameras simultaneously with capturing the image, a second image of the user of the mobile device.
15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 further comprising generating, by the one or more processors, descriptive data describing the physical item.
16 . A mobile device, comprising:
a display to display a prompt to a user to make a unique marking on a physical item during a session;
one or more cameras to capture an image of the physical item having the unique marking made by the user on the physical item during the session in response to the displayed prompt; and
one or more processors to:
initiate the session within a software application to authenticate the user of the mobile device and the physical item being copresent during the session,
generate session data representing presence of the mobile device and the user during the session, wherein the session data includes user image data, real-time clock data generated by the one or more processors during the session, and GPS coordinates of the mobile device during the session, and
generate, based on the image and the session data, an authentication asset including a unique code associated with the unique marking on the physical item to represent the presence of both the user and the physical item during the session.
17 . The mobile device of claim 16 , wherein the authentication asset includes a superimposed image including the unique code superimposed on the image of the physical item.
18 . The mobile device of claim 16 further comprising the display to display instructions to apply the unique marking to the physical item.
19 . The mobile device of claim 16 , wherein the one or more cameras are further to capture, simultaneously with capturing the image, a second image of the user of the mobile device.
20 . The mobile device of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further to generate descriptive data describing the physical item.