Key and security device
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1. A security system comprising:
- a programming station;
a plurality of security devices each comprising a monitoring circuit; and
a plurality of keys each comprising a memory configured to store a code, each of the plurality of keys having a different code,wherein each of the plurality of keys is configured to communicate with any one of the plurality of security devices to disarm the monitoring circuit of the security device,wherein each of the plurality of keys comprises a predetermined number of activations for disarming the plurality of security devices,wherein the programming station is configured to communicate with any one of the plurality of keys to reactivate the key after the predetermined number of activations, andwherein the programming station does not program the code in each of the plurality of keys.
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Abstract
A key for a security device is provided. The key may include an electronic component configured to communicate with one or more security devices to initially receive one or more codes associated with each of the security devices. The key may also include a memory configured to store the one or more codes associated with the one or more security devices. The electronic component is configured to communicate with each of the one or more security devices for arming and/or disarming the security devices upon a matching of the code stored by the memory with the code associated with the security device.
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1. A security system comprising:
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a programming station; a plurality of security devices each comprising a monitoring circuit; and a plurality of keys each comprising a memory configured to store a code, each of the plurality of keys having a different code, wherein each of the plurality of keys is configured to communicate with any one of the plurality of security devices to disarm the monitoring circuit of the security device, wherein each of the plurality of keys comprises a predetermined number of activations for disarming the plurality of security devices, wherein the programming station is configured to communicate with any one of the plurality of keys to reactivate the key after the predetermined number of activations, and wherein the programming station does not program the code in each of the plurality of keys. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A security system comprising:
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a programming station; a plurality of security devices; and a plurality of keys each comprising a memory configured to store a pre-programmed code, each of the plurality of keys having a different pre-programmed code, wherein each of the plurality of keys is configured to communicate with any one of the plurality of security devices for controlling the security device, wherein any one of the plurality of keys is configured to communicate with the programming station for reauthorizing the key, and wherein the programming station does not program the pre-programmed code in each of the plurality of keys. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for securing items of merchandise from theft, the method comprising:
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storing a different code in a memory of each of a plurality of keys; disarming any one of a plurality of security devices when any one of the plurality of keys is activated; and reauthorizing any one of the plurality of keys using a programming station, wherein the programming station does not program the different codes in the plurality of keys. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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