Patent ID: 8219466

Claim:
A system for enabling enhanced asset management and tracking capabilities, comprising: a plurality of electronic asset identification and intelligent sensing devices, wherein each of the plurality of electronic asset identification devices and intelligent sensing devices are affixed to an asset whose location and information are to be managed, wherein each of the plurality of asset identification and intelligent sensing devices includes at least unique identification information relating to the asset to which it is affixed and at least one sensing element for monitoring environmental or operating conditions; an asset management server computer system for maintaining at least one database containing information regarding the asset identification and intelligent sensing devices and the assets to which they are affixed; a remote client computer system operatively connected to the asset management server computer system for exchanging information over a computer network; at least one interrogation device operatively connected to the remote client computer system, wherein the at least one interrogation device receives information from the plurality of asset identification and intelligent sensing devices and exchanges said information with the remote client computer system; wherein each of the electronic asset identification and intelligent sensing device further comprises a processing unit for processing the environmental or operating conditions and a transceiver unit to enable device-to-device communication between the plurality of electronic asset identification and intelligent sensing devices.