Key Device for Monitoring Systems
AssigneeCheckpoint Systems, Inc.
InventorsMichael Mercier, James Gordon Wyatt, JR., Lee H. Eckert, Gary Mark Shafer
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Abstract
Exemplary systems, methods and other means for providing a key device that may be used with a monitoring system are discussed herein. The key device may be configured to communicate with one or more other devices, silence an alarm, commission a tag, decommission a tag, unlock a tag from an item, among other things. The key device may include rules that permit particular functionality based on, for example, time and/or location.
Claims38
A mobile device, comprising:
- a wireless receiver configured to receive a wireless signal transmitted by a network entity of a monitoring system;
- a wireless transmitter configured to transmit wireless signals to the network entity;
- and
- a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive an activation code;
- generate activation data based on the activation code;
- transmit the activation data using the wireless transmitter to the network entity;
- receive, from the network entity, validation data indicating whether the activation data is valid;
- and
- in response to receiving the validation data that authenticates the activation data, activate configuration data associated with the activation data.
A method implemented by a mobile device, comprising:
- receiving an activation code;
- generating activation data based on the activation code;
- transmitting the activation data wirelessly to a network entity;
- receiving, from the network entity, validation data indicating whether the activation data is valid;
- and
- in response to receiving the validation data that authenticates the activation data, activating configuration data associated with the activation data.
A method for decommissioning a tag, comprising:
- receiving at the tag a decommissioning signal from a key device;
- entering into a decommissioned state in response to receiving the decommissioning signal;
- transmitting a message to a monitoring system entity, the message indicating the tag is decommissioned, wherein the monitoring system entity is not the key device;
- and
- physically detaching from an item in response to the key device unlocking a mechanical lock included in the tag.
A method for decommissioning a tag, comprising:
- receiving a decommissioning message from a key device, the decommissioning message indicating the tag is to be decommissioned;
- generating a decommissioning command in response to receiving the decommissioning message;
- sending the decommissioning command to the tag;
- and
- receiving a confirmation of the tag's decommissioning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.