Patent ID: 7099895

Claim:
A location system including a network with a network connected element and electronic device interfaced thereto, said network connected element including at least one signaling component capable of transmitting signals, and at least one receiving component capable of receiving signals, comprising: an object identifier, said object identifier being a device linked to an object, said object identifier having at least one transmitting component, said transmitting component generating a signal with a unique identifier, said signal received by said network connected element and incorporated into a second signal, having an identifier of the network connected element, transmitted from said network connected element to said electronic device; a database holding object associations, said associations being the interaction of an object with at least one of another object and a location, said interaction occurring when said object is within a defined distance of at least one of another object and a location; and a location determining module interfaced with said network, said location determining module using said unique identifier to programmatically calculate the location of said object identifier and the object to which the object identifier is linked, said calculated location of said object being used to determine an association between said object and at least one of another object and a location, said determined association being stored in said database.