Using Radio Frequency Identification with Customer Loyalty Cards to Detect and/or Prevent Theft and Shoplifting

Using Radio Frequency Identification with Customer Loyalty Cards to Detect and/or Prevent Theft and Shoplifting

Techniques are disclosed for detecting shoplifting or theft, particularly in a retail environment, using radio-frequency identification ("RFID"). Preferred embodiments leverage RFID tags on merchandise and RFID data that is written at the point of sale on the merchandise-borne RFID tags th...

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1. Verfasser: STOCKTON MARCIA L
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Sprache:eng
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ALARM SYSTEMS
CALCULATING
CHECKING-DEVICES
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES
ORDER TELEGRAPHS
PHYSICS
REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
SIGNALLING
SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:Techniques are disclosed for detecting shoplifting or theft, particularly in a retail environment, using radio-frequency identification ("RFID"). Preferred embodiments leverage RFID tags on merchandise and RFID data that is written at the point of sale on the merchandise-borne RFID tags themselves, on the customer's receipt, or both. Some embodiments also leverage RFID tags on customer identification or "loyalty" cards. After writing RFID data on the merchandise-borne tags and/or receipt, a matching operation is performed at an RFID reader when the shopper and his merchandise exit the premises, in order to determine whether the shopper has paid for the items in his possession.