Patent ID: 7408464
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying stolen component parts contained within a product, said method comprising the steps of: attaching an integrated transmitter assembly to at least some component parts in a product, wherein each of said integrated transmitter assemblies transmits an identification code; providing a database; recording the identification codes of the integrated transmitter assemblies for said component parts in said database; indicating in said database which identification codes belong to stolen component parts, as component parts are reported stolen; scanning component parts, thereby reading identification codes transmitted by said integrated transmitters assemblies; determining if said integrated transmitter assemblies in a product are transmitting more than one identification code; comparing said identification codes read during scanning to said database if said integrated transmitter assemblies in a product transmit more than one identification code; and providing an indication if an identification code read during scanning matches an identification code of a stolen component part.