A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN ARTICLE AND WHETHER AN OWNERSHIP OF SAID ARTICLE EXISTS

摘要

A system for identifying an article (1) and whether there is an ownership of the article, the system comprising at least one article comprising a first tagging device (4) embedded in the at least one article and a second tagging device (5) embedded in or attached to the at least one article, at least one reading device (2), a central data processing device (3) comprising a storage device with a central database (15) stored thereon and a first transmitting/receiving device (8), and a second transmitting/receiving device (9), where the central database (15) at least comprises a virtual ID (19), the at least one virtual ID (19) comprising an owner profile, a public key, an identification master (IDmaster) code (13) and an identification slave (IDslave) code (14) being centrally generated and information regarding the article, where the first tagging device (4) comprises a tagging device ID (17), the public key and the IDmaster code (13) and is locked in a read-only mode, where the second tagging device (5) comprises a tagging device ID (18) and the IDslave code (14) and is locked in a read-only mode, and where the IDmaster code (13) and the IDslave code (14) are paired and locked to one another thus linking the ownership of the at least one article to the IDmaster code (13) and the IDslave code (14). A corresponding method as well as a method for transferring ownership of an article (1) is also provided.