REAL TIME ELECTRONIC ARTICLE SURVEILLANCE AND MANAGEMENT
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1. A real time electronic article surveillance system that can identify individual items and track the items, the system comprising:
- a) one or more than one computer;
b) one or more than one RFID detector communicatively connected to the one or more than one computer;
c) one or more than one display operably connected to the one or more than one computer;
d) one or more than one audio visual devices operably connected to the one or more than one computer;
e) one or more than one network and peripheral interface operably connected to the one or more than one computer;
f) one or more than one RFID tag affixed to one or more than one article communicatively coupled to the one or more than one computer; and
g) instructions executable on the one or more than one computer for;
1) real time inventory and analysis of at least 90% of all the one or more than one RFID tag affixed to one or more than one article;
2) a database; and
3) a user interface.
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Abstract
A real time electronic article surveillance system that can identify individual items with an RFID tag affixed and track the items using one or more than one computer communicatively connected to RFID detectors, at least one display and audio visual device operably connected to each other using network and peripheral interfaces. The computers comprising instructions for performing real time inventory and analysis of at least 90% of all the RFID tags and storing the inventory and analysis in a database by a user using a user interface.
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1. A real time electronic article surveillance system that can identify individual items and track the items, the system comprising:
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a) one or more than one computer; b) one or more than one RFID detector communicatively connected to the one or more than one computer; c) one or more than one display operably connected to the one or more than one computer; d) one or more than one audio visual devices operably connected to the one or more than one computer; e) one or more than one network and peripheral interface operably connected to the one or more than one computer; f) one or more than one RFID tag affixed to one or more than one article communicatively coupled to the one or more than one computer; and g) instructions executable on the one or more than one computer for; 1) real time inventory and analysis of at least 90% of all the one or more than one RFID tag affixed to one or more than one article; 2) a database; and 3) a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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25. A real time electronic article surveillance system that can identify individual items and track the items, the system comprising:
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a) one or more than one electronic product code radio-frequency identification reader; b) one or more than one controlled filter used when processing the EPC RFID tags electronically connected to the one or more than one reader to track items comprising an improved RFID tag; c) one or more than one computer communicatively connected to the EPC RFID reader; d) one or more than one display operably connected to the one or more than one computer; e) one or more than one network and peripheral interface operably connected to the one or more than one computer; f) one or more than one RFID tag affixed to one or more than one article communicatively coupled to the one or more than one computer; and g) instructions executable on the one or more than one computer for real time inventory and analysis of at least 90% of all the one or more than one RFID tag affixed to one or more than one article. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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54. A method for a real time electronic article surveillance system that can identify individual items and track the items, the method comprising the steps of:
a) providing instructions executable on a processor for; 1) reading a tag location; 2) determining if an item associated with the tag set is not correct; 3) alerting an employee to verify and replace item if actually missing if the location is not correct; 4) creating a report listing variances from expected stock profile to measured stock profile; 5) verifying antenna diversity to verify antenna polarization; 6) passing a pseudo-tag that responds to the one or more than one readers like standard RFID tag over a reader; 7) determining the amount of energy is being received by the receiver using the pseudo-tag to provide detection of dark areas where tags will not be seen; 8) performing a tag survey, using information coded into EPC, pseudo-tag or both EPC and pseudo-tag memory to record the energy measurement directly into the database, via the reader; and 9) providing immediate feedback with operator information for tuning the one or more than one reader'"'"'s sensitivity and power levels for a given location. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57)
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