Patent ID: 7283051

Claim:
A management system configured to manage an article to which a wireless tag is attached, comprising: an attribute database configured to store an article identifier, manager information, and user information associated with each other; a wireless tag reader configured to detect the article identifier and at least one of the manager information and the user information; a sensor configured to detect status information indicating a status of the article; a manager determining unit configured to determine a new manager based upon the attribute database, the status information, the article identifier detected by the wireless tag reader, and the manager information detected by the wireless tag reader; and a user determining unit configured to determine a new user based upon the attribute database, the article identifier detected by the wireless tag reader, and the user information detected by the wireless tag reader, wherein the article identifier identifies the article, the manager information identifies a manager to manage the article, the user information identifies a user related to the article, and at least one of the manager determining unit and the user determining unit update the attribute database based upon a result of determining the new manager or the new user.