Patent ID: 9626609
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for identifying and managing assets belonging to an enterprise, the method comprising: accessing an application on a user device, wherein the user device includes a camera; causing a communication link to be established between the user device and an asset management system; logging into the asset management system by entering credentials using the application; initiating a live view of an asset tag acquired by the camera, selecting an asset tag template from a plurality of templates, wherein the asset tag template includes one or more prearranged markers; aligning the one or more prearranged markers with the one or more machine-readable codes while observing the live view of the asset tag; causing the application to: transmitting at least some of the information to the asset management system to create a database entry in the asset management system for the asset, the database entry linking the asset with one or more licensed resources during the lifecycle for the asset, wherein the licensed resources are linked to the asset subject to and consistent with license terms that pertain to the licensed resources.