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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Nader M. Nassar, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Annette S. H. Riffe, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Robert J. Spremulli, Nashua, NH (US);
Bernie K. K. Wong, Lexington, MA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A proximity exclusion is configured for at least one item in a commercial environment that precludes movement of the at least one item into a defined prohibited region within a structure associated with the commercial environment. Movement of the at least one item is detected within the structure associated with the commercial environment. A determination is made as to whether the movement of the at least one item results in the at least one item being located within the defined prohibited region within the structure associated with the commercial environment. In response to determining that the movement of the at least one item results in the at least one item being located within the defined prohibited region, a proximity exclusion alert is generated indicating that the at least one item is located within the prohibited region.