Patent ID: 7062455
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for tracking computer-related assets, the method comprising the steps of: selecting each asset of said assets independently from the group consisting of a computer hardware asset and a computer software asset; allocating a Software Distribution System (SDS) number associated with a tag; tagging a first asset of said assets with the tag, said first asset being a computer software asset, said tag comprising an asset tag barcode, a part number or serial number barcode, and the SDS number, said SDS number comprising first, second, and third contiguously sequenced fields, said first field consisting of a venue code identifying a first destination site of the plurality of sites for the first asset, said second field consisting of a software type of the first asset, said third field consisting of a consecutive number index of the software type that makes the first asset unique for the software type at the first destination site; moving said assets from a first site to a second site of the plurality of sites only by being routed through a central site, said assets are not to be moved directly from the first site to the second site; recording the location of each said asset with respect to said central site in an electronic database; recording exit of each asset from a current site in said database; recording an intended destination site in said database; receiving the tagged first asset at the destination site, said receiving comprising capturing the asset tag barcode and the SDS number from the tag of the tagged first asset; and verifying, based on the tag, entry of the first asset at the destination site, being a new current location, in said database.