Handheld electronic article surveillance (EAS) device detector/deactivator with integrated data capture system
First Claim
1. A portable device for managing an activation/deactivation status of an electronic article surveillance (EAS) device affixed to an item, the EAS device including a radio frequency identification tag, and for logging information relating to alarm events triggered by the EAS device, said portable device comprising:
- a detector, the detector being configured to detect the presence of an active electronic article surveillance device;
a state manipulator, the state manipulator being configured to manipulate the activation/deactivation state of the active electronic article surveillance device;
a radio frequency identification tag reader, the radio frequency identification tag reader being configured to capture data from the radio frequency identification tag associated with the active electronic article surveillance device to identify the item associated with the captured data;
a data capture device, the data capture device being configured to capture additional data associated with the active electronic article surveillance device; and
a memory, the memory being configured to store an electronic alarm event log associated with the active electronic article surveillance device, the electronic alarm event log being based at least in part on the captured data and the captured additional data.
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Abstract
A portable, cordless hand-held device for locating an active electronic article surveillance (EAS) device, managing the activation/deactivation status of the EAS device and logging information relating to alarm events triggered by the EAS device. The device includes an EAS detector for detecting the presence of an EAS tag or label, a state manipulator for manipulating the activation/deactivation state of the detected active EAS label, at least one data capture device for capturing data related to the alarm event, and a memory for storage of the captured data.
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22 Claims
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1. A portable device for managing an activation/deactivation status of an electronic article surveillance (EAS) device affixed to an item, the EAS device including a radio frequency identification tag, and for logging information relating to alarm events triggered by the EAS device, said portable device comprising:
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a detector, the detector being configured to detect the presence of an active electronic article surveillance device; a state manipulator, the state manipulator being configured to manipulate the activation/deactivation state of the active electronic article surveillance device; a radio frequency identification tag reader, the radio frequency identification tag reader being configured to capture data from the radio frequency identification tag associated with the active electronic article surveillance device to identify the item associated with the captured data; a data capture device, the data capture device being configured to capture additional data associated with the active electronic article surveillance device; and a memory, the memory being configured to store an electronic alarm event log associated with the active electronic article surveillance device, the electronic alarm event log being based at least in part on the captured data and the captured additional data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for identifying and deactivating an active electronic article surveillance (EAS) device using a portable device, the active electronic article surveillance device having a radio frequency identification tag and being located within one or more containers, said method comprising:
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scanning a plurality of electronic article surveillance devices affixed to items located within at least one of the containers using the portable device; detecting the active electronic article surveillance device located within the at least one of the containers; capturing data from the radio frequency identification tag associated with the active electronic article surveillance device contained within the at least one of the containers to identify the item associated with the captured data; capturing additional data associated with the active electronic article surveillance device; storing an electronic alarm event log associated with the active electronic article surveillance device, the electronic event log being based at least in part on the captured data from the radio frequency identification tag and the captured additional data; identifying the active electronic article surveillance device associated with the identified item; and deactivating the identified active electronic article surveillance device with the portable device. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method for identifying active electronic article surveillance (EAS) devices using a portable device and associating the active electronic article surveillance devices having a radio frequency identification tag with respective items upon detection of an alarm event, said method comprising:
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loading an inventory list identifier corresponding to an item list of a plurality of items into the portable device; transmitting the inventory list identifier from the portable device to a network; receiving at the portable device the item list, the active electronic article surveillance devices corresponding to items on the item list; scanning a plurality of electronic article surveillance devices associated with the plurality of items identified in the item list to identify active electronic article surveillance devices; capturing data from the radio frequency identification tag associated with the active electronic article surveillance device contained within the scanned devices to identify the item associated with the captured data; capturing additional data associated with the active electronic article surveillance device; storing an electronic alarm event log associated with the active electronic article surveillance device at the portable device, the electronic event log being based at least in part on the captured data from the radio frequency identification tag and the captured additional data; and selecting items from the item list that correspond to the active electronic article surveillance devices. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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