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Abstract

A method of authenticating an item is disclosed which includes applying light to an item, wherein the item includes a random distribution of fluorescent particles disposed thereon, capturing one or more images from the item, generating a cryptographic pattern from the one or more captured images by a host processing system, communicating the cryptographic pattern to a remote processing system having a plurality of cryptographic keys in a database each uniquely associated with a corresponding item, comparing the cryptographic pattern with the plurality of cryptographic keys in the database, and communicating a positive evaluation for authentication to the host processing system if a match is found between one of the plurality of cryptographic keys and the communicated cryptographic pattern.

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