US 12,175,849 B2
Elongate flexible tag
Patrick Claeys, Pembroke Pines, FL (US); and Melwyn Sequeira, Plantation, FL (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed by TYCO Fire & Security GMBH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,076.
Application 17/671,076 is a continuation of application No. 17/057,503, granted, now 11,282,357, previously published as PCT/IB2018/053626, filed on May 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172587 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08B 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/2434 (2013.01) [G08B 13/2411 (2013.01); G08B 13/2442 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a tag, comprising:
receiving a wireless signal including a command at an electronic thread device integrated into a flexible elongate structure of the tag, the electronic thread device being an e-thread;
performing operations by the electronic thread device to authenticate the command; and
causing, by the electronic thread device, at least one of an actuation of a detachment mechanism of the tag, and a deactivation of a communication operation of the tag, in response to an authentication of the command,
wherein an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) component or an Integrated Circuit (“IC”) is also integrated into the flexible elongate structure of the tag,
wherein the actuation or the deactivation is caused by a battery printed on a layer or an energy harvesting device for supplying power to the electronic thread device.