Proactive loss prevention system
AssigneeInpixon
InventorsJames Francis Hallett, Kirk Arnold Moir, Eddie Shek Cheung Ho
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Abstract
A method and system for Proactive Loss Prevention (PLP) System in venue and retail using wireless-based technology. Physical security measures are the first line of defense for protecting assets in any venue and retail spaces. These systems (e.g. Electronic Article Surveillance systems) are widely deployed in retail spaces. However, retail theft is still estimated at a multibillion dollar level on an annual basis in the US alone. This invention augments existing physical security systems to enable a proactive approach for suspect identification and subsequent presence alerting using a wireless local area network (WLAN) based system.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- detecting, with a computer system, one or more mobile devices at a venue;
- storing, with the computer system, a set of data, the set of data including a location of detection at the venue of the one or more mobile devices, a unique identifier of the one or more mobile devices, a time of detection at the venue of the one or more mobile devices, an identifier of a corresponding computing device at the venue that detects the one or more mobile devices, and corresponding distance of the one or more mobile devices from the corresponding computing device that detects the one or more mobile devices;
- determining, with the computer system, an occurrence of an incident at the venue and a time and location of the occurrence of the incident;
- determining, with the computer system and from the set of data, a first set of mobile devices proximate to the occurrence of the incident based on distance from the one or more mobile devices from a first set of computing devices that detect corresponding mobile devices of the one or more mobile devices and a distance threshold;
- identifying, with the computer system, at least one suspect device among the first set of mobile devices;
- correlating, with the computer system, visual or image data captured at the venue with detections of the at least one suspect device to identify a suspect corresponding to the at least one suspect device;
- and
- detecting a return of the at least one suspect device and alerting a venue operator of the return of the suspect and providing an image of the suspect to the venue operator.
A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors effectuate operations comprising:
- detecting, with a computer system, one or more mobile devices at a venue;
- storing, with the computer system, a set of data, the set of data including a location of detection at the venue of the one or more mobile devices, a unique identifier of the one or more mobile devices, a time of detection at the venue of the one or more mobile devices, an identifier of a corresponding computing device at the venue that detects the one or more mobile devices, and corresponding distance of the one or more mobile devices from the corresponding computing device that detects the one or more mobile devices;
- determining, with the computer system, an occurrence of an incident at the venue and a time and location of the occurrence of the incident;
- determining, with the computer system and from the set of data, a first set of mobile devices proximate to the occurrence of the incident based on distance from the one or more mobile devices from a first set of computing devices that detect corresponding mobile devices of the one or more mobile devices and a distance threshold;
- identifying, with the computer system, at least one suspect device among the first set of mobile devices;
- correlating, with the computer system, visual or image data captured at the venue with detections of the at least one suspect device to identify a suspect corresponding to the at least one suspect device;
- and
- detecting a return of the at least one suspect device and alerting a venue operator of the return of the suspect and providing an image of the suspect to the venue operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.