Michael E Reeves

US Patent:

8537007, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Mar 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/047978

Inventors:

Bogdan Sima - Sewell NJ, US
Robert D. Herder - Franklinville NJ, US
Michael L. Reeves - Philadelphia PA, US

Assignee:

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. - Thorofare NJ

International Classification:

G08B 21/00
H04Q 5/22

US Classification:

340540, 3405721, 3405723, 3405724

Abstract:

A method for entering information regarding monitored items into a database in a security tag system includes reading barcode item information from a barcode associated with a monitored item, determining whether a tag is present with the monitored item to provide tag presence information, and storing the barcode item information and the tag presence information into the database. The barcode item information and the tag presence information are associated with each other in the database to provide item association information. A rule regarding whether a tag should be present when the barcode associated with the monitored item is read is determined in accordance with the item association information and the tag is deactivated in accordance with the rule. An alarm condition is raised in accordance with the rule. The alarm condition is raised if the tag is present and the rule indicates that the tag should not be present.