Patent ID: 7792684

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of identifying asset restrictions, said method comprising: reading a plurality of assets intended to be moved from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, wherein each of the assets includes asset descriptive data; identifying a plurality of geographical regions that apply to the second geographical location; retrieving one or more regulatory items for each of the identified geographical regions, wherein one or more of the regulatory items includes regulated item descriptive data; comparing, by a processor, the asset descriptive data to the regulated item descriptive data; identifying, by the processor, one of the plurality of assets as a registration asset that requires a registration in order to move the registration asset from the first geographical location to one of the identified geographical regions; retrieving a link corresponding to an electronic registration form that corresponds to the registration; generating, by the processor, an exception list that includes the regulatory items that apply to one or more of the plurality of assets based on the comparison, wherein the retrieved link is included in the exception list; in response to the generating, receiving a selection of the retrieved link from a user; retrieving the electronic registration form from the retrieved link in response to receiving the selection; and displaying the retrieved electronic registration form on a display device.