Patent ID: 8439263

Claim:
A portable device for managing an activation/deactivation status of an electronic article surveillance (EAS) device affixed to an item, the EAS device including a radio frequency identification tag, and for logging information relating to alarm events triggered by the EAS device, said portable device comprising: a detector, the detector being configured to detect the presence of an active electronic article surveillance device; a state manipulator, the state manipulator being configured to manipulate the activation/deactivation state of the active electronic article surveillance device; a radio frequency identification tag reader, the radio frequency identification tag reader being configured to capture data from the radio frequency identification tag associated with the active electronic article surveillance device to identify the item associated with the captured data; a data capture device, the data capture device being configured to capture additional data associated with the active electronic article surveillance device; and a memory, the memory being configured to store an electronic alarm event log associated with the active electronic article surveillance device, the electronic alarm event log being based at least in part on the captured data and the captured additional data.