Sensormatic Electronics Corporation

Tyco Fire + Security Gmbh

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Tyco Fire and Securtiy Gmbh

Hubert A Patterson

Melwyn F Sequeira

Mohammad Mohiuddin

Ming-Ren Lian

Paul B Rasband

Douglas A Narlow

Richard Loyd Copeland

Stewart E Hall

Gopal Chandramowle

Thomas P Solaski

Richard B Frederick

Steve Edward Trivelpiece

Craig Evan Trivelpiece

Gary Mark Shafer

Ronald B Easter

Jorge F Alicot

Brent F Balch

Robert B Locke

Mark Antilla

Harry E Watkins

Nancy Lee Van Nest

Doug Narlow

Lauren Richard

Mart Martinson

Christian Joseph Souder

Alexis Brooke Ehlich

Olin S Giles

Paul Brent Rasband

Adam Scott Bergman

Manuel A Soto

Wing Kei Ho

Manjuprakash Rama Rao

Nen-Chin Liu

Douglas Allen Drew

Surajit Borah

Scott Alan Tribbey

Justin Stewart

Jeffrey Thomas Oakes

David Bruce Ferguson

Craig R Szklany

Edward Day

Andreas Brenner

William M Farrell

Manfred Ruhrig

Kevin D Romer

David Stocks

Eugenio Morgado

Larry Burgess

Philip A Lazo

Robert Simone

Gregory N Mears

Norm Hansen

Jeffery T Oakes

Steve Maitin

Kevin Romer

Ghopal Chandramowle

Robert Brian Locke

Thomas Patrick Solaski

Douglas A Drew

Nen-chin Liu

Systems and methods for dynamically changing displayed content of a tag coupled to an item. The methods comprising: detecting when an individual is in proximity to the tag; triggering operations, by a computing device remote from the tag, to obtain customer related information associated with the individual, when a detection is made that the individual is in proximity to the tag; determining, by the computing device, a price discount for the item based on the customer related information which was previously obtained; and dynamically changing the displayed content of the tag to include the price discount while the individual is still in proximity to the tag.

Dynamically changing a tag's displayed content responsive to an individual's proximity thereto

Systems and methods for operating a security system. The methods comprise: monitoring an area for a presence of an individual or vehicle using wireless signals of a first type that are received by a first radio of the security system; operating the first radio as a wireless sensor for generating sensor data; determining whether the individual or vehicle is exhibiting an unusual behavior using the sensor data and pre-programmed or machine learned patterns of unusual behavior; changing an operating frequency of the first radio when a determination is made that the individual or vehicle is exhibiting unusual behavior; and communicating a wireless signal of a second type from the first radio when the individual or vehicle is exhibiting unusual behavior, where the second type is different than the first type.

Systems and methods for averting crime with look-ahead analytics

Electronic article surveillance (EAS) in which an EAS-enabled item includes a textile element and an EAS element. The EAS element includes an antenna subsystem and EAS electronic. The antenna subsystem is integrated into the textile element, where 'integrated' connotes a manner of incorporation that would require damage to the item to remove by typical methods. The EAS electronics are in conductive communication with the antenna subsystem.

Security tag for textiles using conductive thread

Systems and methods for operating an Electronic Smart Tag ('EST'). The methods involve: operating the EST in a first operational state in which first item related information is output from an electronic output device of the EST that is powered by an energy storage device storing energy harvested from an external energy source; detecting when a charge level of the energy storage device reaches or falls below a first threshold level; and transitioning an operational state of the EST from the first operational state to a second operation state in which a message is output from EST requesting that a mobile device be placed in proximity to the EST for purposes of obtaining at least a first portion of the first item related information, in response to the detection that the charge level of the energy storage device has reached or fallen below the first threshold level.

Systems and methods for providing smart electronic labels and tags

Systems and methods for performing inventory management. The methods comprise: measuring, by an Out Of Stock ('OOS') sensor at a first time, a first collective weight of a plurality of items disposed thereon; measuring, by the OOS sensor at a second later time, a second collective weight of a plurality of items disposed thereon; using the first and second collective weights to determine if an item has been added to or removed from the OOS sensor; and wirelessly communicating, from the OOS sensor to a remote computing device, a notification that an item has been added to or removed from the OOS sensor such that stored inventory information is updated accordingly. The OOS sensor comprises a base layer having a planar cross-sectional profile and an array of weight measuring sensors (e.g., piezoresistive sensors).

Systems and methods for inventory monitoring

Systems and methods for operating a marker. The methods comprise: storing energy collected by an energy harvesting element of the marker; using the stored energy to enable operations of the marker's communications element; receiving, by the marker's communications element, a marker deactivation signal transmitted from an external device; and causing either a resonator to be prevented from receiving transmit bursts emitted from an EAS system, a bias element's magnetic field to be normalized, or a resonator to be physically prevented from vibrating, in response to the marker deactivation signal's reception.

Systems and methods for deactivation of acousto-magnetic electronic article surveillance markers

Systems and methods for dynamically changing displayed content of a tag. The methods comprise: performing operations by sensors of the tag to detect when an individual is interacting with a first item to which the tag is coupled; determining a type of interaction between the individual and the first item; selecting at least one first accessory from a plurality of accessories for the first item based on the type of interaction; obtaining information for the selected at least one first accessory that is to be presented to the individual; and dynamically changing the displayed content of the tag to include the obtained information while the individual is still in proximity to the tag or interacting with the first item.

Dynamically changing a tag's displayed content based on the type of customer interaction with an item

Merchandise tag with electronic display

Security tag with electronic display

Predictive theft notifications are used to coordinate appropriate responses to persons who are likely to commit acts of theft. Image data is generated and processed in a computer processing device to recognize the presence of a facial image comprising a face of a person. An analysis is performed of data representative of the facial image to determine a biometric match relative to one or more biometric models of facial images stored in a database. Based on this analysis, at least one predictive notification is generated with regard to a future potential theft of merchandise from the secured facility. The predictive notification is generated based upon a determination of the biometric match.

Predictive theft notification

Systems and methods for controlling at least one security device based on the behavior of at least one tag. The methods comprise: generating sensor data relating to movement by at least one sensor disposed in a first tag; analyzing the sensor data to determine if an item to which the first tag is coupled is being handled in an unusual, abnormal or nervous manner; determining if an enterprise system has lost communicative contact with the first tag coupled to the item that is being handled in an unusual, abnormal or nervous manner; and causing an operational state of the security device to change in response to the loss of the communicative contact between the enterprise system and the first tag.

Systems and methods for dynamic control of a security system device based on tag information

Systems and methods for managing a tag. The methods comprise: placing the tag in a first operational mode in which an internal component ('IC') necessary to facilitate communication between the tag and a tag reader ('TR') are intentionally disabled; storing in the tag's data store a schedule specifying a scheduled time during which the tag is permitted to communicate with TR; selectively enabling IC at the scheduled time to permit the tag to communicate with TR; performing monitoring operations at the tag to determine when a predetermined condition has been detected; and causing the tag to autonomously perform an alerting function when the predetermined condition has been detected. The alerting function comprises (a) enabling a receiver of the tag to communicate with TR at an unscheduled time, and/or (b) activating an alert by enabling a hardware alerting component provided on the tag.

System and method for tag management and theft detection

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Hubert A Patterson