Systems and methods for customer deactivation of security elements
First Claim
1. A method for activating an Electronic Article Surveillance (“
- EAS”
) element deactivator configured to deactivate an EAS element, comprising;
obtaining, by an EAS element deactivation system, customer-related data from a customer of a business organization who is attempting to deactivate an EAS element of at least one item;
obtaining, by an EAS element deactivation system, transaction data directly from a receipt previously issued upon completion of a checkout transaction for the customer;
communicating the customer-related data, the transaction data and a unique identifier for the EAS element deactivation system from the EAS element deactivation system to a remote computing device;
processing, by the remote computing device, the customer-related data and the transaction data to obtain confirmation that the customer has recently successfully completed the checkout transaction for the item and the EAS element of the item has not yet been deactivated; and
activating the EAS element deactivator of the EAS element deactivation system subsequent to when the confirmation is obtained.
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Abstract
Systems (100) and methods (1100) for activating an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) element deactivator. The methods involve: obtaining customer-related data from a customer of a business organization who is attempting to deactivate an EAS element of at least one item; obtaining transaction data contained in a receipt issued upon completion of a checkout transaction for the customer; communicating the customer-related data, transaction data and a unique identifier for an EAS element deactivation system to a remote computing device; processing the customer-related data and transaction data to obtain confirmation that the customer has recently successfully completed the checkout transaction for the item and the EAS element of the item has not yet been deactivated; and activating the EAS element deactivator of the EAS element deactivation system subsequent to when the confirmation is obtained.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for activating an Electronic Article Surveillance (“
- EAS”
) element deactivator configured to deactivate an EAS element, comprising;obtaining, by an EAS element deactivation system, customer-related data from a customer of a business organization who is attempting to deactivate an EAS element of at least one item; obtaining, by an EAS element deactivation system, transaction data directly from a receipt previously issued upon completion of a checkout transaction for the customer; communicating the customer-related data, the transaction data and a unique identifier for the EAS element deactivation system from the EAS element deactivation system to a remote computing device; processing, by the remote computing device, the customer-related data and the transaction data to obtain confirmation that the customer has recently successfully completed the checkout transaction for the item and the EAS element of the item has not yet been deactivated; and activating the EAS element deactivator of the EAS element deactivation system subsequent to when the confirmation is obtained. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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an EAS element deactivation system configured to deactivate an EAS element which obtains customer-related data from a customer of a business organization who is attempting to deactivate an EAS element of at least one item, obtains transaction data directly from a receipt previously issued upon completion of a checkout transaction for the customer, and communicates the customer-related data, transaction data and a unique identifier for the EAS element deactivation system to a remote computing device; and said remote computing device processing the customer-related data and transaction data to obtain confirmation that the customer has recently successfully completed the checkout transaction for the item and the EAS element of the item has not yet been deactivated; wherein an EAS element deactivator of the EAS element deactivation system is activated subsequent to when the confirmation is obtained. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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