Patent ID: 8115623

Claim:
A wired or wireless security system that monitors the removal of plastic hand baskets (plastic hand containers) from a store environment, where the system monitors the baskets within a store using RFID tag information, where the system detects the removal of each registered plastic hand basket when taken outside of the store area indicating a theft occurred, where the components of the hand basket theft detection security system comprise: A plastic hand basket with a passive RFID tag affixed on the inside or outside anywhere on the basket, or inserted into the plastic via injection molding during the manufacturing process, a fixed or mobile RFID reader, and RFID or Near Field Communications antennas enabled with wired or wireless (Wi-Fi) communications that provides registration RFID tag information to the local or hosted security software application, a camera surveillance system activated by the security controller software, wherein the security controller software transmits notification to pre-determined security personnel, main controller software at corporate data center or hosted security company via an electronic means comprising SMS, MMS, RSS, pre-recorded voice call, or screen splash or pop up on a portable electronic computing device application, and where the system transmits the RFID tag information from the basket and all of the RFID tags read of contents in the basket via electronic means to pre-determined security personnel, main controller software at corporate data center or hosted security company via electronic means, and where a video clip of the event beginning prior to the RFID reading and continuing to a pre-set time after the reading, sent to security personnel, main controller software at corporate data center or hosted security company via electronic means.