Patent ID: 8026812
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A method for protecting a commercial product against theft, in which a security unit has a monitoring mode in which theft protection is active such that a theft attempt will cause the security unit to switch to an alarm mode in which at least one of an acoustic and optical alarm is activated, the method comprising: deactivating, in the monitoring mode, a receiver housed in the security unit; and activating the receiver when the security unit is shifted to the alarm mode, wherein the security unit has an on-state mode in which the receiver is activated and wherein the security unit is shifted from the on-state mode to a connect mode in which theft protection is not active when the receiver receives a selection signal from a transmitter, wherein the receiver stores the selection signal in a memory, whereby the security unit is assigned to the transmitter or its selection signal, respectively.