Technology Bubble Tag™ Protection strategy Product authentication Product identification Type Covert or coded feature System Code Medium Secondary packaging Authentication/Identificaton Authentication Identification Traceability Yes Cost Price on request Required equipment Access to the database (internet connection) or a reader Vertification level User; Pharmacist; Authorities; Laboratories N.B. Already used for protection of high value products (wine, documents etc…). Description The Bubble Tag™ is made of a translucent polymer inside which, as a result of a random phenomenon, self-generated bubbles appear. This constellation of bubbles forms the basis of the identity given to a product or document. Each Bubble Tag™ is unique and impossible to replicate, even by the manufacturer. Once generated, each Bubble Tag™ is associated with a unique identifier (alphanumeric reference, bar code, DataMatrix, RFID …). After association, the ‘identifier/Bubble Tag™’ couple is recorded in an authentication database. Rights owners apply the Bubble Tag™ to their products or documents. This recording becomes accessible over the Internet after authorization by rights holders (known as the ‘activation’ of Bubble Tags™). During this process, rights owners will enter a description of the product or document. The Bubble Tag™ can be authenticated by means of a visual or electronic comparison. Visual comparison: The number printed next to the Bubble Tag™ gives access to the image of the Bubble Tag™ already stored in a database for a unitary visual comparison. This checking method, accessible via a PC, a PDA or a mobile phone with an internet connection, is extremely easy. More than 99.5% of people who tested it were able to carry out a visual comparison in less than 5 seconds. Electronic comparison: 3 types of reader exist, a desktop reader, an electronic OEM reader for integrators, a terminal for use during mobile checks. Strengths No training needed; Impossible to copy and unique; Instant authentication with reader; Robust : remains recognizable when partially destroyed; Resistant to chemical attacks, bases and acids; Can be added on a adhesive seal which would confer a high degree of protection (anti-tampering + authentication); User verifiable; Limitations Cost; Added production cost; Human interpretation; Links:http://www.prooftag.net/en/technology/chaometrics/bubble-tag
Technology Bubble Tag™
Protection strategy Product authentication Product identification
Type Covert or coded feature
System Code
Medium Secondary packaging
Authentication/Identificaton Authentication Identification
Traceability Yes
Cost Price on request
Required equipment Access to the database (internet connection) or a reader
Vertification level User; Pharmacist; Authorities; Laboratories
N.B. Already used for protection of high value products (wine, documents etc…).
Description The Bubble Tag™ is made of a translucent polymer inside which, as a result of a random phenomenon, self-generated bubbles appear. This constellation of bubbles forms the basis of the identity given to a product or document. Each Bubble Tag™ is unique and impossible to replicate, even by the manufacturer. Once generated, each Bubble Tag™ is associated with a unique identifier (alphanumeric reference, bar code, DataMatrix, RFID …). After association, the ‘identifier/Bubble Tag™’ couple is recorded in an authentication database. Rights owners apply the Bubble Tag™ to their products or documents. This recording becomes accessible over the Internet after authorization by rights holders (known as the ‘activation’ of Bubble Tags™). During this process, rights owners will enter a description of the product or document. The Bubble Tag™ can be authenticated by means of a visual or electronic comparison. Visual comparison: The number printed next to the Bubble Tag™ gives access to the image of the Bubble Tag™ already stored in a database for a unitary visual comparison. This checking method, accessible via a PC, a PDA or a mobile phone with an internet connection, is extremely easy. More than 99.5% of people who tested it were able to carry out a visual comparison in less than 5 seconds. Electronic comparison: 3 types of reader exist, a desktop reader, an electronic OEM reader for integrators, a terminal for use during mobile checks.
Strengths No training needed; Impossible to copy and unique; Instant authentication with reader; Robust : remains recognizable when partially destroyed; Resistant to chemical attacks, bases and acids; Can be added on a adhesive seal which would confer a high degree of protection (anti-tampering + authentication); User verifiable;
Limitations Cost; Added production cost; Human interpretation;
Links:http://www.prooftag.net/en/technology/chaometrics/bubble-tag
Technology Bubble Tag™
Protection strategy Product authentication Product identification
Type Covert or coded feature
System Code
Medium Secondary packaging
Authentication/Identificaton Authentication Identification
Traceability Yes
Cost Price on request
Required equipment Access to the database (internet connection) or a reader
Vertification level User; Pharmacist; Authorities; Laboratories
N.B. Already used for protection of high value products (wine, documents etc…).
| Description | The Bubble Tag™ is made of a translucent polymer inside which, as a result of a random phenomenon, self-generated bubbles appear. This constellation of bubbles forms the basis of the identity given to a product or document. Each Bubble Tag™ is unique and impossible to replicate, even by the manufacturer. Once generated, each Bubble Tag™ is associated with a unique identifier (alphanumeric reference, bar code, DataMatrix, RFID …). After association, the ‘identifier/Bubble Tag™’ couple is recorded in an authentication database. Rights owners apply the Bubble Tag™ to their products or documents. This recording becomes accessible over the Internet after authorization by rights holders (known as the ‘activation’ of Bubble Tags™). During this process, rights owners will enter a description of the product or document. The Bubble Tag™ can be authenticated by means of a visual or electronic comparison. Visual comparison: The number printed next to the Bubble Tag™ gives access to the image of the Bubble Tag™ already stored in a database for a unitary visual comparison. This checking method, accessible via a PC, a PDA or a mobile phone with an internet connection, is extremely easy. More than 99.5% of people who tested it were able to carry out a visual comparison in less than 5 seconds. Electronic comparison: 3 types of reader exist, a desktop reader, an electronic OEM reader for integrators, a terminal for use during mobile checks. |
| Strengths | No training needed; Impossible to copy and unique; Instant authentication with reader; Robust : remains recognizable when partially destroyed; Resistant to chemical attacks, bases and acids; Can be added on a adhesive seal which would confer a high degree of protection (anti-tampering + authentication); User verifiable; |
| Limitations | Cost; Added production cost; Human interpretation; |
| Links:http://www.prooftag.net/en/technology/chaometrics/bubble-tag |