Patent ID: 7636723
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing assets, the method comprising: maintaining a database comprising at least one digital asset and at least one record corresponding to at least one non-digital asset, wherein the at least one digital asset comprises at least one editable electronic document comprising information unrelated to identifying and tracking the at least one non-digital asset; maintaining a link in the database between the at least one digital asset and the at least one record corresponding to the at least one non-digital asset when the at least one digital asset and the at least one non-digital asset are related; receiving a request to perform an action on one from a group consisting of the at least one digital asset identified in the database and the at least one non-digital asset identified in the database; determining, in response to receiving the request, whether the request is to perform the action on the one from the group consisting of the at least one digital asset and the at least one non-digital asset; when it is determined that the request is to perform the action on the at least one digital asset, when it is determined that the request is to perform the action on the at least one non-digital asset,