Patent ID: 8973813
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating the return of a portable asset, comprising: providing a host processor including a memory module; receiving input from a property owner so as to define a user account associated with the property owner, said user account stored within the memory module; registering at least one individual portable asset such that property information unique to each individual portable asset is associated with the user account; creating a return profile for each individual portable asset that includes privacy preferences elected by the property owner, the return profile including a owner nickname for each individual portable asset that is recognizable by persons familiar with the property owner, the return profile and privacy preferences being used to create a unique property page uniquely identified with each individual portable asset; generating a tag that displays both the owner nickname and a visual code with the host processor wherein both the nickname and visual code are unique to the individual portable asset and associated with the user account, the visual code including embedded information that links directly to the unique property page; delivering the tag to the property owner for attachment to the individual portable asset; and directly accessing the unique property page when a finder of the portable asset accesses the embedded information of the visual code by photographing the visual code with a smart device, and wherein a communication protocol previously dictated by the privacy preferences contained within the return profile associated with the portable asset is established without any additional input from the finder of the portable asset.