US 12,394,292 B2
System and method for alarms for point-of-sale terminal
David G. Seal, Ottawa (CA); Daanish Maan, Brampton (CA); and Michael Joseph DeFazio, Fonthill (CA)
Assigned to Shopify Inc., Ottawa (CA)
Filed by Shopify Inc., Ottawa (CA)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,285.
Prior Publication US 2024/0071193 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 13/26 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01); G08B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/246 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G08B 13/2462 (2013.01); G08B 13/248 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing instruction code, which, when executed by a processor in a loss prevention system cause the loss prevention system to:
detect an anomalous event at a sensor apparatus within a loss prevention system;
provide a signal related to the anomalous event;
receive the signal at at least two point-of-sale terminals within a group of point-of-sale terminals;
determine, at each of the at least two point-of-sale terminals, that the point-of-sale terminal needs to act on the signal;
provide an alert using a user interface of each of the at least two point-of-sale terminals based on determining that the point-of-sale terminal needs to act on the signal;
receive an input at the user interface of a first point-of-sale terminal of at the at least two point-of-sale terminals that responsibility for the signal is being taken;
send a second signal to others of the at least two point-of-sales terminals; and
based on the second signal, clear the alert from the others of the at least two point-of-sales terminals.