Patent ID: 8907786

Claim:
A personal article anti-theft system comprising: a base retained on a surface having a pressure detecting mechanism connected to the base and configured for attachment to the personal article; a detection circuit within the base and connected to the pressure detecting mechanism for detecting the presence of an article attached to the pressure detecting mechanism; a processor executing code stored in a memory and operatively connected to the detection circuit, the processor configured through a plurality of software modules to associate, through user input, the personal article attached to the pressure detection module with the base, determine the removal of an item from the pressure detecting mechanism according to a signal received from the detection circuit, generate an alarm signal in response thereto; and wirelessly transmit the alarm signal including at least data corresponding to the association between the base and the personal article to a remote security server, a remote security server configured with a processor executing code therein to receive the alarm signal and to transmit a pre-determined signal to a receiving device according to the personal article associated with the base; and an alarm receiving device configured to receive wirelessly the alarm signal and configured to produce a humanly perceivable indication of the alarm.