Patents Assigned to The Ascent Group
  • Remote authentication system
    Patent number: 7684652
    Abstract: A system and method for authenticating a plurality of items each of which has a respective readable validation reference, in which information is read from the validation references, one or more items of the items is identified based on information read by the reading means, and the information is verified by comparison with stored data relating to location, origin or ownership of the one or more items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Ascent Group
    Inventors: James Leigh Zorab, Michael Jacobs