Patent ID: 9218586
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: capturing, by a user device that executes an asset management application, an asset identifier that uniquely identifies an asset, wherein the user device comprises a camera, and wherein the user device captures the asset identifier using the camera; capturing, at the user device, geographic location information that identifies a geographic location of the user device; capturing, at the user device, authentication information that identifies the user device; transmitting, by the user device and to an asset management engine, the asset identifier, the geographic location information, and the authentication information; receiving, by the user device and from the asset management engine, a list of available status updates for the asset; presenting, at the user device, the list of available status updates; detecting, at the user device, selection of a status update of the available status updates; and transmitting, by the user device and to the asset management engine, the asset identifier, the geographic location information, the authentication information, and event data that indicates the status update to update an asset record that corresponds to the asset.