A system, apparatus and method is provided for authentication of an item or a label by storing unique random serial numbers or codes in a remote secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label, generating a pointer to each stored unique random serial number/code and storing the...http://www.google.de/patents/US20100106645?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20100106645 - System and Method for Customer Authentication of an Item