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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 03, 2011
Cesar Lozano Villarreal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniele DE Iuliis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Smeenge, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Vicki Spielmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cesar Lozano Villarreal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniele De Iuliis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Smeenge, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Vicki Spielmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus that may help identify unauthorized removal of goods while maintaining a pleasing physical appearance, avoiding theft misidentifications, and allowing a high degree of customer interaction. One example may provide a signal path for conveying a signal that is active when a good or device is removed from a retail or other environment in an authorized manner. The signal path may be wired or wireless. In another example, a signal path for a sensor may be inconspicuously combined with a power cable. In another example, theft misidentifications may be prevented by not relying on connections that a customer is likely to interact with to detect a theft. Another example may provide a security device that may allow a high degree of customer interaction by unobtrusively attaching a sensor to the back of a good to be protected.