Patent ID: 8065385

Claim:
A method for transferring information and records via a physical item data record of an item data management server, the physical item data record corresponding to a physical item in the control of a user, and the item data management server communicatively coupled to a user terminal and a plurality of servers via at least one data network, the method comprising: presenting a command query to the user terminal; receiving, in response to the command query, a command query response of a plurality of command query responses that corresponds to and identifies a physical item data record of a physical item of the plurality of physical items in the control of the user, wherein the command query response includes a physical item data record transfer command; when the physical item data record transfer command is a clone command, generating a cloned physical item data record of the physical item data record, wherein the cloned physical item data record includes a first plurality of data from the physical item data record; and generating a web page including the cloned physical item data record; and when the physical item data record transfer command is a transaction command, transferring the physical item data record upon completion of a transaction associated with the physical item data record, wherein the transferred physical item data record includes a second plurality of data that is greater than the first plurality of data; and generating in the web page the transferred physical item data record; and presenting the web page to the user terminal, to the user terminal; and presenting an insurer query to the user terminal; composing, in response to the insurer query, a plurality of queries based upon an insurer query response; when the insurer query response identifies a plurality of insurance servers having a pre-existing business relationship with the item data management server, issuing the plurality of queries to the plurality of insurance servers; receiving a plurality of responses to the plurality of queries from the plurality of insurance servers, wherein each response includes information relating to uploading the physical item data record to each of the insurance servers; and altering the physical item data record to reflect the physical item data record as uploaded to the plurality of insurance servers.