Gateway-based anti-theft security system and method
AssigneeMobile Tech, Inc.
InventorsRobert Logan Blaser, Kristopher Wendell Schatz, Hunter Anderson Wylie
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Abstract
Improved systems and techniques are disclosed for controlling the security states of anti theft security systems such as product display assemblies using security fobs. The tasks relating to fob authentication are offloaded to a computer system, and these authentications can be based on identifiers for the different security fobs. The computer system can maintain a list of identifiers for authorized security fobs that is easily updated when new security fobs are added to or existing security fobs are de-authorized from the system.
Claims7
A method for overriding a failed connection between a security fob and a computer system that authorizes security fobs to arm/disarm a product display assembly that displays a product, the method comprising:
- wirelessly sending a fob identifier from a security fob that stores the fob identifier, a security code, and a finite number of override tokens to the computer system;
- wirelessly sending the security code from the security fob to the product display assembly as a result of the security fob not receiving an authorization signal from the computer system;
- changing the security status of the product display assembly from an armed state to a disarmed state or from the disarmed state to the armed state in response to the product display assembly receiving the security code from the security fob;
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- decrementing the finite number of override tokens stored in the security fob.
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