MOBILE RETAIL PERIPHERAL PLATFORM FOR HANDHELD DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method for operating a security tag of an Electronic Article Surveillance (“
- EAS”
) system, comprising;
executing on a mobile Point Of Sale (“
POS”
) device an application operative to control operations of a peripheral device attached to the mobile POS device for facilitating performance of a purchase transaction;
receiving, by a mobile POS device, a request to detach the security tag from an article;
in response to the request, communicating a message from the mobile POS device to the peripheral device via a first short range communication, the message configured to cause the peripheral device to perform operations to facilitate a detachment of the security tag from the article; and
causing an actuation of a detachment mechanism of the security tag or a heating of an adhesive disposed on the security tag by communicating a signal from the peripheral device to the security tag.
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Abstract
Systems (100) and methods (700) for operating a security tag of an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) system. The methods involve: executing on a mobile Point Of Sale (“POS”) device (104) an application operative to control operations of a peripheral device (190) attached to the mobile POS device for facilitating performance of a purchase transaction; receiving, by the mobile POS device a request to detach the security tag from an article; and communicating a message from the mobile POS device to the peripheral device via a first short range communication. The message is configured to cause the peripheral device to perform operations to facilitate a detachment of the security tag from the article. Next, a signal is communicated from the peripheral device to the security tag. The signal causes an actuation of a detachment mechanism of the security tag or a heating of an adhesive disposed on the security tag.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for operating a security tag of an Electronic Article Surveillance (“
- EAS”
) system, comprising;executing on a mobile Point Of Sale (“
POS”
) device an application operative to control operations of a peripheral device attached to the mobile POS device for facilitating performance of a purchase transaction;receiving, by a mobile POS device, a request to detach the security tag from an article; in response to the request, communicating a message from the mobile POS device to the peripheral device via a first short range communication, the message configured to cause the peripheral device to perform operations to facilitate a detachment of the security tag from the article; and causing an actuation of a detachment mechanism of the security tag or a heating of an adhesive disposed on the security tag by communicating a signal from the peripheral device to the security tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- EAS”
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11. A Electronic Article Surveillance (“
- EAS”
) system, comprising;a security tag attached to an article; a mobile Point Of Sale (“
POS”
) device configured to control operations of a peripheral device for facilitating performance of a purchase transaction, andreceive a request to detach the security tag from the article; and the peripheral device coupled to the mobile POS device and configured to receive a message, from the mobile POS device via a first short range communication, that is configured to cause the peripheral device to perform operations to facilitate a detachment of the security tag from the article, and communicate a signal to the security tag to cause an actuation of a detachment mechanism of the security tag or a heating of an adhesive disposed on the security tag. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- EAS”
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