Automated removal of security tags
AssigneePaytag Ltd.
InventorsOri David Levi, Barak Amtanani
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Abstract
A method for security tag removal includes providing a terminal comprising a receptacle, which is configured to receive a security tag that is attached to an item of merchandise. A wireless transceiver in the terminal reads identification data that is encoded in the security tag while the security tag is in the receptacle. A query is transmitted from the terminal to a server with respect to the identification data. In response to the query, an authorization is received from the server with respect to the item of merchandise to which the security tag is attached. In response to the authorization, a tag removal mechanism is actuated so as to release the security tag from the item of merchandise.
Claims14
An electromechanical device, comprising:
- a case, comprising a receptacle configured to receive a security tag that is attached to an item of merchandise;
- a wireless transceiver, which is contained in the case and is configured to read identification data that is encoded in the security tag while the security tag is in the receptacle;
- a tag removal mechanism, which is contained in the case;
- a network communication interface;
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- a controller, which is configured to receive the identification data from the wireless transceiver, to transmit, via the network communication interface, a query to a server with respect to the identification data, to receive, via the network communication interface, an authorization from the server with respect to the item of merchandise to which the security tag is attached, and responsively to the authorization, to actuate the tag removal mechanism to release the security tag from the item of merchandise.
A method for security tag removal, the method comprising:
- providing a terminal comprising a receptacle, which is configured to receive a security tag that is attached to an item of merchandise;
- using a wireless transceiver in the terminal, reading identification data that is encoded in the security tag while the security tag is in the receptacle;
- transmitting a query from the terminal to a server with respect to the identification data;
- in response to the query, receiving an authorization from the server with respect to the item of merchandise to which the security tag is attached;
- and
- responsively to the authorization, actuating a tag removal mechanism in the terminal so as to release the security tag from the item of merchandise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.