Patent ID: 9672710
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G01V,G06F,G06Q,G06T,G08B,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: configuring a merchandise item tag that measures vertical and horizontal coordinates of a merchandise item in a commercial environment with a programmatically-monitorable three-dimensional (3D) merchandise item-specific proximity exclusion that comprises at least one 3D proximity exclusion attribute that precludes movement of the merchandise item into a defined 3D item-configured prohibited region associated with the commercial environment, where configuring the merchandise item tag that measures the vertical and horizontal coordinates of the merchandise item in the commercial environment with the programmatically-monitorable 3D merchandise item-specific proximity exclusion that comprises the at least one 3D proximity exclusion attribute that precludes movement of the merchandise item into the defined 3D item-configured prohibited region associated with the commercial environment comprises: the method further comprising: