System providing self-service access to locked merchandise

US12321953B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Indyme Solutions, LLC · US

Inventors

• Joseph Budano · Sunrise, US
• Steven Deal · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 2024
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2025
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/265
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system providing self-service access to locked merchandise comprising: (a) providing a fixture that restricts access to the locked merchandise, wherein the fixture can automatically lock or unlock, allowing or restricting access to the locked merchandise; (b) providing a means of uniquely identifying an individual attempting to access the merchandise; (c) measuring a set of behaviors of the individual during any time the fixture is an open mode; (d) assessing whether the set of behaviors of the individual are suspicious or not relative to a set of suspicious event thresholds; (e) storing the individual and their set of behaviors as accessible records in at least one database; and (f) providing an algorithm which determines future access privileges of the individual to the enclosure based on a set of variables. Additionally, a system for maximizing sales of and minimizing theft of merchandise in a retail environment, the system comprising: (a) providing a merchandise fixture, wherein the merchandise fixture can allow or restrict access to the merchandise; (b) presenting a questionnaire to an individual; (c) providing a means of uniquely identifying the individual attempting to acc…