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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
Sensormatic Electronics, Llc, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Justin Stewart, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Charlie Turgeon, Lighthouse Point, FL (US);
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
A detacher for unlocking a security tag having a locking mechanism is provided. The detacher includes a detaching element in which the detaching element is configured to unlock the locking mechanism if the detaching element is activated. The detacher includes a reader in which the reader is configured to receive a user identifier associated with at least one user. The detacher includes a memory. The memory is configured to store at least one user rule. The detacher includes a processor in which the processor is configured to determine whether the received user identifier meets the at least one user rule. The processor is further configured activate the detaching element if the received user identifier meets the at least one user rule. The detaching element remains deactivated if the received user identifier does not meet the at least one user rule.