US 12,242,913 B2
Radio frequency identification (RFID) tag with deactivatable link
Adam S. Bergman, Boca Raton, FL (US); Patrick O'Leary, Lansdale, PA (US); George H. West, Boca Raton, FL (US); Ryan D. Zelaya, Boca Raton, FL (US); Terry S. Will, Masrinette, WI (US); Steve E. Trivelpiece, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); Thomas P. Solaski, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Wing K. Ho, Boynton Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/453,028.
Application 18/453,028 is a continuation of application No. 17/153,517, filed on Jan. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,755,877.
Prior Publication US 2024/0046062 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/07773 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an electronic article surveillance (“EAS”) tag, comprising:
performing, by a communication element of the EAS tag using an antenna of the EAS tag, communication operations with an EAS system based on a movable switch of the EAS tag being in a first position that electrically couples the communication element to the antenna with the switch communicatively connecting a first antenna trace portion of the antenna to a second antenna trace portion of the antenna; and
preventing the communication element from performing the communication operations with the EAS system by changing a position of the movable switch from the first position to a second position that electrically decouples the communication element from the antenna with the switch not connecting the first antenna trace portion to the second antenna trace portion,
wherein the movable switch comprises a magnetically-actuatable switch.