Integrated electronic article surveillance (EAS) and point of sale (POS) system and method
AssigneeSensormatic Electronics Corporation
InventorsDavid B. Fallin, John J. Clark, Scott A. Tribbey, Robert K. Lynch
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Abstract
A system and method for integrating point of sale (POS) data with electronic article surveillance (EAS) data, comprising a general-purpose computer for receiving and processing POS and EAS data is disclosed. The system and method preferable comprise reporting analyzed and collated data to a user.
Claims56
A method for integrating point of sale (POS) data with electronic article surveillance (EAS) data, comprising:
- providing a general purpose computer operable to receive and process data;
- receiving POS data at the general purpose computer;
- receiving EAS data at the general purpose computer;
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- processing the POS data with the EAS data at the general purpose computer.
A security management method, comprising:
- receiving an alarm at an electronic article surveillance (EAS) device;
- initiating a timer in response to receiving the alarm;
- stopping the timer in response to input from a user;
- obtaining alarm event information at the EAS device, the alarm event information being based on the alarm;
- and
- transmitting the alarm event information from the EAS device to a general purpose computer.
A system for integrating point of sale (POS) data and electronic article surveillance (EAS) data, the system comprising:
- a vending database operable to store the POS data and the EAS data;
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- a general purpose computer in operative communication with the vending database, the general purpose computer being operable to receive and process the POS data and the EAS data.
An alarm-event logging unit (ALU), comprising:
- a processor operable to execute instructions of a security management program;
- a memory for storing the security management program;
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- an input operable to receive an alarm event corresponding to an activated EAS tag, wherein the security management program performs actions upon receipt of the alarm event by the input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.