Design and implementation of drug verification system using mobile phones

Description

Abstract Establishing the authenticity of a product’s origin is a problem facing brand owners, merchants and consumers of products of all types. Counterfeit, or “knock-off”, merchandise misleads consumers and erodes the revenue of retailers and brand owners. Brand owners are almost always concerned with counterfeit products. Merchants and consumers can either view counterfeits as a low quality, over-priced deception or an opportunity to save money. This research work describes three variations of a drug verification information (DVI) system and discusses how a product can be verified and the need for its verification. It further examines the security threats to a DVI system and countermeasures against such threats.