Security tag deactivation system
AssigneeATS Money Systems Inc.
InventorsKenneth Andersen, Gerard F. Murphy, Vance Daddi
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Abstract
A method for tracking deactivation of security devices being associated with items to be sold, each of the items being associated with a tracking identifier. The method includes determining a number of security tag deactivations which should occur using select ones of the identifiers and determining a number of actual security tag deactivations which occurred. The method then compares the number of actual security tag deactivations to the number of security tag deactivations which should have occurred, and generates an output when the comparing results in an inconsistency therebetween.
Claims14
A method for tracking deactivations of security tags each being associated with an item for sale, each of said items having an identification, said method comprising the steps of:
- entering at least one of said identifications;
- determining a first number of security tag deactivations that should occur for each entered identification;
- determining a second number of security tag deactivations that actually occurred;
- and,
- comparing said first number to said second number to determine whether an exception event should occur.
A method for tracking deactivation of security devices being associated with items to be sold, each of said items being associated with a tracking identifier, said method comprising the steps of:
- determining a number of security tag deactivations which should occur using select ones of said identifiers;
- determining a number of actual security tag deactivations which occurred;
- comparing said number of actual security tag deactivations which occurred to said number of security tag deactivations which should have occurred;
- and,
- generating an output when said comparing results in an inconsistency therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.