Theft trend analysis and response
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of theft detection and response for a plurality of stores in a first geographic area, comprising:
- receiving by a computer theft reports containing data concerning thefts at a plurality of stores in a first geographic area or other thefts in the first geographic area;
providing an investigation center having a computerized theft trend analysis system to analyze the theft reports containing data concerning thefts at a plurality of stores in the first geographic area or other thefts in the first geographic area;
determining a theft trend for a second geographic area based on the theft reports containing data concerning thefts at the plurality of stores in the first geographic area or other thefts in the first geographic area, the second geographic area is smaller than the first geographic area and within the first geographic area, the second geographic area includes a plurality of stores;
alerting a plurality of stores within the second geographic area of potential for future thefts;
automatically initiating a review and analysis, at the investigation center, of video data from each of the stores in only the second geographic area to determine if a person of interest is present at any of the stores in the second geographic area, the person of interest is a person that was involved in a theft forming at least a portion of the theft trend; and
,sending an alert from the investigation center to a store in the second geographic area notifying the store in the second geographic area that the person of interest is present at the store in the second geographic area.
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Abstract
A method for responding to potential threats at a store, such as theft or vandalism, can include analyzing threat predictors, such as police reports and store reports, to determine a trend of theft or other threats. In some implementations, a organization, such as a chain of retail stores, can include a large number of facilities. Each facility may be capable of producing a significant volume of video data from various video cameras at the facility. In some implementations, the volume of video data monitored from the stores and from the cameras within the stores can be narrowed or reduced by monitoring substantially only the video data from the stores and locations within the stores that were identified as potential targets in the trend of theft.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of theft detection and response for a plurality of stores in a first geographic area, comprising:
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receiving by a computer theft reports containing data concerning thefts at a plurality of stores in a first geographic area or other thefts in the first geographic area; providing an investigation center having a computerized theft trend analysis system to analyze the theft reports containing data concerning thefts at a plurality of stores in the first geographic area or other thefts in the first geographic area; determining a theft trend for a second geographic area based on the theft reports containing data concerning thefts at the plurality of stores in the first geographic area or other thefts in the first geographic area, the second geographic area is smaller than the first geographic area and within the first geographic area, the second geographic area includes a plurality of stores; alerting a plurality of stores within the second geographic area of potential for future thefts; automatically initiating a review and analysis, at the investigation center, of video data from each of the stores in only the second geographic area to determine if a person of interest is present at any of the stores in the second geographic area, the person of interest is a person that was involved in a theft forming at least a portion of the theft trend; and
,sending an alert from the investigation center to a store in the second geographic area notifying the store in the second geographic area that the person of interest is present at the store in the second geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method of theft detection and response for a plurality of stores in a first geographic area, comprising:
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receiving by a computer theft reports containing data concerning thefts at a plurality of stores in a first geographic area or other thefts in the first geographic area; providing a computerized theft trend analysis system to analyze the theft reports containing data concerning thefts at a plurality of stores in the first geographic area or other thefts in the first geographic area; determining a theft trend for a second geographic area based on the theft reports containing data concerning thefts at the plurality of stores in the first geographic area or other thefts in the first geographic area, the second geographic area is smaller than the first geographic area and within the first geographic area, the second geographic area includes a plurality of stores; notifying each of the plurality of stores within the second geographic area of a person of interest posing a potential future theft threat to the plurality of stores within the second geographic area; determining whether the person of interest has been apprehended; and
,again notifying each of the plurality of stores within the second geographic area of the person of interest posing a potential future theft threat to the plurality of stores within the second geographic area in the event that during the determining step it is determined that the person of interest has not been apprehended. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method of theft detection and response for a plurality of stores in a first geographic area, comprising:
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identifying and observing, using a computer, theft trends in a first geographic area; determining a theft trend for a second geographic area based on the theft trends in the first geographic area, the second geographic area is smaller than the first geographic area and within the first geographic area, the second geographic area includes a plurality of stores; notifying each of the plurality of stores within the second geographic area of potential future theft threats to the plurality of stores within the second geographic area; monitoring video data from one or more stores in the second geographic area to identify a person of interest, the person of interest is a person that was involved in a theft forming at least a portion the theft trend; alerting a store in the second geographic area that the person of interest is present at the store; determining whether the person of interest has been apprehended; and
,again notifying each of the plurality of stores within the second geographic area of the potential future theft threat to the plurality of stores within the second geographic area in the event that during the determining step it is determined that the person of interest has not been apprehended. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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