Patent ID: 9679456
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G08B

Claim:
1. A method of tracking an asset, comprising: attaching a transceiver to the asset, wherein the transceiver is configured for wireless communication; registering the transceiver with a server using a computer-based application; transmitting by a computer-based device from which the application is accessed, in response to an input from a user a first signal to the server, wherein the first signal contains a query for a location information of the transceiver; transmitting by the server, in response to the first signal, a second signal to the transceiver; transmitting by the transceiver in response to the second signal, a third signal containing location information of the transceiver to the server; extracting by the server in response to the third signal the location information from the third signal; transmitting by the server the location information to a database that automatically records the location information; simultaneously with said transmitting of the location information, converting by the server the location information into a particular language-based response that is displayable in a map generated by the computer-based device, and when the asset is missing or lost, allowing the database that recorded the location information to be immediately accessible by a law enforcement agency.