IP Library Granted Patent US 11,288,308
Granted Patent B2
US 11,288,308 · App. 17/176,056 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

System for a verifiable physical object with a digital representation and related applications

Inventors: Jeremy Blackburn (Charleston, SC); Justin Southward (Charleston, SC); W. Kurt Taylor (N. Charleston, SC); Karl David (Charleston, SC); Austi Critchfield (Clearwater, FL); Michael Lu (N. Charleston, SC); Tim McVicker (Charleston, SC)
Assignee: Scientia Potentia Est., LLC
G06F16/5854G06F16/51G06F16/5866G06K9/00201
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Patent No.
US 11,288,308
App. No.
17/176,056
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

This computerized system can include a computer system in communication with an immutable storage; a first data capture device and a second data capture device can be in communications with the computer system; a set of computer readable instructions can be included in the computer system configured for receiving a first event record including a first location, a first time and a first set of metadata wherein the first set of metadata includes an original digital representation captured by the first data capture device of the physical object, receiving a subsequent event record from the second data capture device and, determining if the original digital representation is equivalent to the subsequent digital representation thereby providing for verification that the same physical object transitioned from an originating event to a subsequent event.

Claims (41)

1. A computerized system for verifiably pairing a physical object with a digital representation comprising:

a computer system in communication with an immutable storage;

a first data capture device in communications with the computer system;

a second data capture device in communications with the computer system;

a set of computer readable instructions included in the computer system configured for:

receiving a first event record from the first data capture device including a first location, a first time and a first set of metadata wherein the first set of metadata includes an original digital representation captured by the first data capture device of the physical object,

receiving a subsequent event record from the second data capture device including a second location, a second time and a second set of metadata wherein the second set of metadata includes a subsequent digital representation captured by the second data capture device of the physical object, and,

comparing the original digital representation to the subsequent digital representation, creating a verification representing that the object transitioned from an originating event to a subsequent event according to the original digital representation matching the subsequent digital representation.

2. The computerized system of claim 1 wherein the set of computer readable instructions include instructions for comparing the original digital representation with the subsequent digital representation, determining a difference between the original digital representation and with the subsequent digital representation and generating a notification when the difference is within a predetermine range.

3. The computerized system of claim 1 wherein the first data capture device is remote from the computer system.

4. The computerized system of claim 1 wherein the subsequent event record includes a verification data representing that verification of the physical object subject to the subsequent event is the same physical object associated with the originating event according to the first event record.

5. The computerized system of claim 4 wherein the set of computer readable instructions include storing the first event record on the immutable storage and the set of computer readable instructions are adapted for retrieving the first event record form the immutable storage, comparing the first digital representation with the subsequent digital representation includes retrieving the first event record from the immutable storage.

6. The computerized system of claim 4 wherein the subsequent event record includes a verification data representing that an individual viewed the metadata of the first event record and compared it with the physical object.

7. The computerized system of claim 1 wherein the second set of metadata is taken from sources from the group consisting of public records, enterprise software, a local computer device and remote computer device and any combination thereof.

8. A computerized system for verifiably pairing a physical object with a digital representation comprising:

a computer system in communication with an immutable storage;

a set of computer readable instructions included in the computer system configured for:

retrieving a first event record from the immutable storage wherein the first event record includes first location, a first time and a first set of metadata wherein the first set of metadata includes a first digital representation captured by a first data capture device of the physical object,

retrieving a subsequent event record from the immutable storage including a second location, a second time and a second set of metadata wherein the second set of metadata includes a subsequent digital representation captured by a second data capture device of the physical object, and,

comparing the original digital representation with the subsequent digital representation to determine when a difference between the original digital representation and the subsequent digital representation is within a predetermine range.

9. The computerized system of claim 8 wherein the set of computer readable instructions include instructions for comparing the the first digital representation with the subsequent digital representation after the occurrence of a second event.

10. The computerized system of claim 8 wherein the subsequent event record includes a verification data representing that verification of the physical object subject to the subsequent event is the same physical object associated with the first event.

11. The computerized system of claim 10 wherein the subsequent event record includes a verification data representing that an individual viewed the metadata of the first event record and compared it with the physical object.

12. A computerized system for verifiably pairing a physical object with a digital representation comprising:

a computer system in communication with an immutable storage;

a data capture device in communications with the computer system;

a set of computer readable instructions included in the computer system configured for:

retrieving a first event record from the immutable storage wherein the first event record includes a first location, a first time and a first set of metadata wherein the first set of metadata includes a first digital representation captured by a first data capture device of the physical object,

creating a subsequent event record from the data capture device including a second location, a second time and a second set of metadata wherein the second set of metadata includes a second digital representation captured by the data capture device of the physical object, and,

comparing the first digital representation the second digital representation;

determining a difference between the first digital representation and the second digital representation.

13. The computerized system of claim 12 wherein the set of computer readable instructions includes instruction for determining if the difference is within a predetermine range.

14. The computerized system of claim 12 wherein the instructions for determining a difference between the first digital representation and the second digital representation includes retrieving the first event record from the immutable storage.

15. The computerized system of claim 12 wherein the subsequent event record includes a verification data representing that verification of the physical object subject to the subsequent event is the same physical object associated with the first event according to the first event record.

16. The computerized system of claim 12 wherein the

the data capture device is a first data capture device; and,

wherein the computer readable instructions for determining a difference between the first digital representation and the second digital representation includes retrieving a first image of the physical object, comparing the first image to a second image captured by a second data capture device, and creating a verification when the first image matches the second image representing that the same physical object is present at the second time and the second location.

17. The computerized system of claim 12 wherein the instructions for determining a difference between the first digital representation and the second digital representation includes capturing an object indicium affixed to the physical object, comparing the indicium on the object at the subsequent event to a digital indicium included in the first event record.

18. The computerized system of claim 17 wherein the indicium is taken from the group consisting of a still image of the object, a label affixed to the object, a radio frequency identification tag, an ultra-high frequency tag, a bar code, a QR code, a Bluetooth beacons, alpha-numeric characters, and any combination thereof.

19. The computerized system of claim 17 wherein the subsequent event record includes a verification data representing that an individual viewed the object indicium and compared it with the digital indicium retrieved from the immutable storage and included in the first event record.

20. The computerized system of claim 12 wherein the set of computer readable instructions include instructions configured for converting the first event record into an encrypted record having a fixed length.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2023
From: SCIENTIA POTENTIA EST, L.C.
To: SCIENTIA POTENTIA EST II, LLC
Reel/Frame 063109/0947 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 059013 FRAME 0826. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 27, 2023
From: BLACKBURN, JEREMY; SOUTHWARD, JUSTIN; TAYLOR, W. KURT; DAVID, KARL; CRITCHFIELD, AUSTI; MCVICKER, TIM; LU, MICHAEL
To: SCIENTIA POTENTIA EST, L.C.
Reel/Frame 062527/0244 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: BLACKBURN, JEREMY; SOUTHWARD, JUSTIN; TAYLOR, W. KURT; DAVID, KARL; CRITCHFIELD, AUSTI; MCVICKER, TIM; LU, MICHAEL
To: SCIENTIA POTENTIA EST., LLC
Reel/Frame 059013/0826 →
Continuity (11)
Continuation In Part 16997840 · Aug 19, 2020
Continuation In Part 16994585 · Aug 15, 2020
Continuation In Part 16991916 · Aug 12, 2020
Continuation In Part 16876080 · May 17, 2020
Continuation In Part 16810782 · Mar 5, 2020
Continuation In Part 16510642 · Jul 12, 2019
Continuation In Part 16452076 · Jun 25, 2019
Continuation In Part 16510634 · Jul 12, 2019
Continuation In Part 16452076 · Jun 25, 2019
Continuation In Part 16452076 · Jun 25, 2019
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