Patent ID: 8681003

Claim:
A method of documenting events which disclose attempted unauthorized removal of an article of for-sale merchandise from within secured premises by a person, the method comprising the events of: a) issuing a first detection signal when an article of for-sale merchandise being transported by a person toward an exit from the secured premises comes within range of a detector located in the vicinity of the exit by wirelessly detecting a detectable security element borne by the article of for-sale merchandise being transported toward the exit; b) in the absence of the person furnishing proof of purchase of the article of for-sale merchandise whose detectable security element has been detected by the detector in response to a request to furnish proof of purchase, then transporting the article out of range of the detector and then back within range of the detector; c) issuing a second detection signal from the detector after the article of for-sale merchandise has been transported back within range of the detector by wirelessly detecting the detectable security element borne by the article; d) then transporting the article of for-sale merchandise to a location out of range of the detector and at that location wirelessly transmitting from an unsecuring transmitter to the detectable security element borne by the article of for-sale merchandise, a signal for causing the detectable security element borne by the article to become incapable of detection by the detector; e) then transporting the article of for-sale merchandise from the out-of-range location back to within range of the detector; and f) making an electronic recording of at least events b) through e).