Patent ID: 11869323
Assignee: VANGUARD PRODUCTS GROUP, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. An anti-theft device for securing an article of electronic merchandise, comprising:
a wireless charging platform configured to support the article of electronic merchandise thereon;
a first wireless connection device disposed within the wireless charging platform, wherein the first wireless connection device is configured to obtain an identification data string from the article of electronic merchandise via a wireless connection;
a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a pre-programmed identification data string stored thereon associated with the article of electronic merchandise;
a processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium and to the first wireless connection device, wherein the processor is configured to verify whether the identification data string wirelessly obtained from the article of electronic merchandise corresponds to the pre-programmed identification data string; and
an alarm device configured to be armed upon removal of the article of electronic merchandise from the wireless charging platform and configured to be disarmed in response to the processor successfully verifying that the identification data string wirelessly obtained from the article of electronic merchandise corresponds to the pre-programmed identification data string stored within the non-transitory computer-readable medium.