Patent ID: 7080149

Claim:
A computer program stored on a computer-readable memory device for operating a computer to aid in locating lost pets, the computer program comprising: a code segment for receiving rabies information corresponding to the rabies information on a first side of a rabies tag issued to a pet and pet owner contact information for the pet to which the rabies tag was issued; a code segment for storing the rabies information and the pet owner contact information in computer-readable memory accessible by a host computer; a code segment for permitting a person who finds the pet to access the host computer via a communications network from information on a second side of the rabies tag issued to the pet, and to enter information from the rabies tag relating to the lost pet; a code segment for comparing the information from the rabies tag entered by the person who found the pet to the rabies information from the rabies tag for the pet in an attempt to find a match; and, a code segment for providing the person who found the lost pet with the pet owner contact information for the lost pet, if a match is found.