Patent ID: 11961158
Assignee: IOTA, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A system for item monitoring, the system comprising:
a controller configured to communicate with a database of items, the database of items including placement locations of the items;
multiple sensors in communication with the controller, wherein the multiple sensors include a first sensor located in a first area of the retail environment and a second sensor located in the second area of the retail environment; and
a near field communication (NFC)-enabled or radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled item tagged with a unique identifier, wherein the controller is configured to
detect a first placement location of the item in the first area of a retail environment, in response to the first sensor linking with the item,
record the first placement location of the item into the database according to the unique identifier,
monitor the item for customer lift,
detect a customer lift of the item in response to the first sensor failing to link with the item for a set period of time,
record the customer lift of the item into the database;
subsequent to detecting and recording the customer lift, detect a second placement location of the item in a second area of the retail environment, in response to the second sensor linking with the item, and
record the second placement location of the item in the database as a relocation event of the item, according to the unique identifier.