Anti-theft arrangement, method and program

• US 20060109122A1
• Filed: 11/24/2004
• Published: 05/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kioba Processing, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Deeds, Douglas
• Granted Patent: US 7,259,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2417 having a radio frequency identification chip
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2454 Checking of authorisation of a person accessing tagged items in an EAS system

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of security and especially to radio frequency identification. According to an embodiment method for securing a personal item for preventing unauthorized passage out of secured premises comprises steps of checking tag for identifying a personal item exiting the premises, checking a permission bits of the identified tag, and determining according to the permission bits of the tag is the item allowed to leave premises secured by the security system.

Claims

1. A security system for securing items within premises, comprising

a transceiver for sending a signal in order to form a radio frequency (RF) field,

a tag fixable to an item to be secured and chargeable by the RF field formed by the transceiver for sending to the transceiver data identifying the tag fixed to the item,

means for checking a personal identifier related to the identified tag,

means for checking according to the identified tag and personal identifier, is the identified tag associated to the personal identifier, and according to a possibly found association, allowed to leave premises secured by the security system.

2. A security system according to claim 1, wherein the tag is fixed to the item in a manufacturing phase.

3. A security system according to claim 1, comprising means for allocating the tag among tags controlled by an employer for use of a certain employee having a personal identifier.

4. A security system according to claim 1, comprising means for requesting the personal identifier from the user.

5. A security system according to claim 4, comprising means for inputting the personal identifier manually.

6. A security system according to claim 4, comprising means for inputting the personal identifier automatically through a reader.

7. A security system according to claim 1, comprising means for remotely reading the personal identifier.

8. A security system according to claim 1, wherein the transceiver has means for remotely reading the personal identifier.

9. A security system for securing items within premises, comprising

a transceiver for sending a signal in order to form a radio frequency (RF) field,

a tag fixable to an item to be secured and chargeable by the RF field formed by the transceiver for sending to the transceiver data identifying the tag fixed to the item, the tag having permission bits, controllable by the user the tag is allocated to, for determining permission to leave the premises,

means for checking permission bits of the identified tag, and means for determining according to the permission bits of the tag is the item allowed to leave premises secured by the security system.

10. A transceiver for securing items within premises, comprising

means for sending a signal in order to form a radio frequency (RF) field,

means for receiving data from a RFID tag for identifying the tag,

means for checking a personal identifier related to the identified tag, and

means for checking according to the identified tag and personal identifier, is the identified tag associated to the personal identifier, and according to possibly found association, allowed to leave premises secured by the security system.

11. A transceiver according to claim 10, having means for remotely reading the personal identifier.

12. A transceiver according to claim 10, having executable means for performing checks.

13. A transceiver according to claim 10, having means for storing identifiers and data associated to them.

14. Method for securing items within premises with a security system, comprising steps of

sending a signal by a transceiver in order to form a radio frequency (RF) field,

sending data to the transceiver by a tag fixable to an item to be secured and chargeable by the RF field formed by the transceiver,

identifying the tag by the data sent by the tag as a response to the tag arriving in coverage area of the RF field,

checking whether a personal identifier is related to the identified tag,

identifying the personal identifier associated to the identified tag,

checking according to the identified tag and personal identifier, is the identified tag associated to the personal identifier, and according to possibly found association, allowed to leave premises secured by the security system.

15. Method for securing a personal item for preventing unauthorized passage out of secured premises comprising steps of

checking a tag for identifying a personal item passing the premises,

checking a personal identifier for identifying the person passing with the personal item identified,

checking whether there is a predetermined association between the identified personal item and the personal identifier, and allowing the passage out of the secured premises only, if the association is found to exist.

16. Method for securing a personal item for preventing unauthorised passage out of secured premises comprising steps of

checking a tag allocated to a certain user for identifying a personal item passing the premises,

checking permission bits of the tag, determined by the user the tag is allocated to, to determine whether passing out of the secured premises according to the permission bits is permitted.

17. Use of security system for securing a personal item, comprising steps of

identifying a tag fixed to a the personal item so that data is sent to a transceiver of a security system by the tag fixed to the personal item as a response to the tag arriving in coverage area of, and thus charged by, a radio frequency (RF) field formed by the transceiver,

identifying a person detected by carrying the personal item in question by a personal identifier of a personal identifying system,

checking according to the identified tag and personal identifier, is the identified tag associated to the personal identifier, and according to a possibly found association, allowed to leave premises secured by the security system.

18. Use of security system for securing a personal item, comprising steps of

identifying a tag fixed to the personal item so that data is sent to a transceiver of a security system by the tag fixed to the personal item as a response to the tag arriving in a coverage area of, and thus charged by, a radio frequency (RF) field formed by the transceiver,

checking according to the permission bits of the tag, which is controllable by the user the tag is allocated to, is the identified tag allowed to leave premises secured by the security system.