Patent ID: 9035771
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing a body mounted first augmented reality electronic device capable of transmitting a media signal consisting of at least one of an audio and a video signal to a first employee of a retail store whereby the augmented reality device is worn on the first employee in the retail store; receiving, at a processing device of a store monitoring server, a media signal from the first augmented reality device when the first augmented reality device is worn on the body of the first employee of a retail store; the processing device of the store monitoring server identifying a theft detection signal communicated by the first employee in the media signal; and linking, with the store monitoring server processing device, the first augmented reality device to an electronic computing device operated by a second store employee to facilitate communication between the augmented reality device and the electronic computing device in response to said step of identifying the theft detection signal, such that the second employee can assist the first employee in assessing whether a theft is occurring.