Patent ID: 7403119
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: G06Q,G08B

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring portable consumer articles at a display, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first portable consumer article; providing a security system capable of interacting with the first portable consumer article and having (a) an armed state and at least one of (b) an unarmed state, (c) a breached state with respect to the first portable consumer article, and (d) a lost power state; causing the security system to generate a first signal as an incident of the security system being placed in the armed state; causing the security system to generate a second signal as an incident of the security system being placed in the unarmed state; causing the security system to generate a third signal as an incident of the security system being placed in the breached state; causing the security system to generate a fourth signal as an incident of there being a loss of power to the security system; operatively interacting the security system with the first portable consumer article; and preparing an information log of the state of the security system by monitoring the first and at least one of the second, third, and fourth signals so that the state of the security system can be determined over a time period.