Patent ID: 6882282
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A location tracking system for objects, comprising: at least one storage container having a selectively accessible interior thereof, the container selectively providing access to one or more uniquely identifiable objects stored therewithin; an access control proximate to the storage container, the access control at least gathering the tracking data generated from the removal and return of each object that is stored in the storage container, the access control further including an output for selective transmission of the object-tracking data over a network; a data store located remotely to the access control and accessible thereto through the network, and the data store further accessible to other computer devices through the network; and wherein the access control selectively transmits gathered object-tracking data across the network to the data store and the data store selectively stores and provides access to the object-tracking data across the network to the other computer devices.