Patent ID: 7672947
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A tracking device system consisting of: a physical asset; a transmitter, attached to the physical asset, for transmitting a first data signal; a communication means for receiving the first data signal and subsequently transmitting a second data signal via a world wide web connection, the second data signal comprising a location of the transmitter; and a receiving means for receiving the second data signal and for housing a software program for enabling a user to use the received location to track the physical asset, wherein the physical asset, the communication means and the receiving means are different devices, in continuous communication and track whether the physical asset is in its proper location, and the receiving means displays a status symbol corresponding to the location of the physical asset whereby if the status symbol is a first color the physical asset is not detected, if the status symbol is a second color the physical asset is detected but not detected in its proper location, and if the status symbol is a third color the physical asset is detected in its proper location.