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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2006
Paul Hubmer, Hart-Purgstall, AT;
Christian Schwar, Graz, AT;
Paul Hubmer, Hart-Purgstall, AT;
Christian Schwar, Graz, AT;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An electronic article surveillance system () comprises a read/write station (-) that is designed to communicate an electronic article surveillance status test-request command comprising zone information that indicates an electronic article surveillance zone for which an electronic article surveillance status that is assigned to said zone is to be tested, and further comprises a data carrier (-) having a circuit () that is designed to store status data (SD) for indicating whether an electronic article surveillance status is active and to store zone data (ZD) for specifying at least one electronic article surveillance zone to which the electronic article status is assigned, the data carrier (-) being further designed to test whether said stored status is active for the electronic article surveillance zone to which it is assigned in the case that this zone is indicated by the zone information provided by the read/write station (-).