METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA CONTAINING A PROGRAM FOR IDENTIFYING WHETHER A PRODUCT IS GENUINE
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Sep 22, 2011
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Mar 9, 2011
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Mar 9, 2010
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Provided herein is a method, system and non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions related to receiving and storing product code information from plural surveyor surveillance devices and compensating a party associated with each surveyor device that provides information potentially related to a improper transacted sales of a product associated with a gathered product code. The information gathered from the surveillance devices can assist in investigating whether existing products are genuine or counterfeit by identifying non-valid and/or non-registered product codes and improper sales transactions associated with product codes received from the surveillance devices. In an embodiment, a determination is made whether received product code information corresponds to a registered product code stored in a data structure, and for a stored registered product code corresponding to the received product code information, a determination is made of a number of instances the product code information has been received. A party associated with the surveillance device is compensated, or rewarded if the determined number of instances is greater than a predetermined value or the received product code is determined not to correspond to a registered product code.
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