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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Phillip Michael William Ireland, Hampshire, GB;
David Alan Brooks, Hampshire, GB;
Raglan Horatio Andrew Harold Tribe, Hampshire, GB;
Pietro Armanini, Hertfordshire, GB;
Phillip Michael William Ireland, Hampshire, GB;
David Alan Brooks, Hampshire, GB;
Raglan Horatio Andrew Harold Tribe, Hampshire, GB;
Pietro Armanini, Hertfordshire, GB;
De La Rue International Limited, Basingstoke, GB;
Abstract
A method of transferring ownership of item(s) includes securely identifying the item(s) by attaching a security tag to the item(s). The security tag has a monitoring system for monitoring a tag status, the tag status indicating whether the security tag and/or the item(s) have been tampered with. The method includes detecting remotely a condition of the monitoring system and causing a remote host to register a change in ownership of the item(s) when the monitoring system does not indicate a tampered condition.