Patent ID: RE40692

Claim:
A uniform system for tracking titles to articles or objects having an identifying number , tracking independently of preexisting tracking systems, comprising: (a) a centralized computer data base for storing data; (b) means for transmitting a coded identifying number to said centralized computer data base; (c) means for decoding said identifying number and storing characters of said identifying numbers number in predertermined storage locations in the centralized computer data base wherein each of said storage locations corresponds to a specific identifying feature of an article; (d) means for creating a title history file responsive to transmission of said identifying number; (e) means for creating a title number identical to said identifying number; (f) means for creating a registration number identical to said identifying number; (g) means for mathematically linking said identifying number, said title number and said registration number to create a uniform system of tracking the article independent of preexisting tracking systems ; and (h) means for enabling uniform system users to retrieve data relating to the article.