Patent ID: 6967577
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying an owner of a misplaced manufactured article, comprising the steps of: associating a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag with manufactured article, the RFID tag having a unique serial number; storing a data record in a searchable database having a plurality of data records, the data record including the serial number of the RFID tag and personal identification information of an owner of the manufactured article; receiving a request for a query, the query being based on a serial number of an RFID tag read by an RFID reader associated with a community service organization; querying the database to match the serial number read by the RFID reader; identifying the registered owner associated with the matched serial number; and transmitting a result of the query to the registered owner at a location identified by personal identification information of the owner associated with the data record corresponding to the serial number of the query, the transmitted result identifying a location of the manufactured article based on a recorded location of the RFID reader that read the RFID tag associated with the manufactured article.