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EAS alarming tag with RFID features

  • US 8,264,356 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2009
  • Issued: 09/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An alarming electronic article surveillance (“

  • EAS”

    ) tag for securing an item of merchandise, the alarming EAS tag comprising;

    an EAS sensor;

    a radio frequency identification (“

    RFID”

    ) logic block including;

    a transceiver operable to receive a first interrogation signal;

    a memory including a first identifier associated with the alarming EAS tag and a second identifier associated with the item of merchandise; and

    a processor operable to send a first trigger signal responsive to the transceiver receiving the first interrogation signal;

    an alarming tag processor electrically coupled to the RFID logic block and the EAS sensor; and

    an alarm transducer operable to produce at least one of a visual indicator and an audible indicator based on the EAS sensor and the alarming tag processor.

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