Patent ID: 8807425

Claim:
An asset registering and tracking system, comprising: any plurality of tags physically attached to or digitally encoded in association with a physical item; at least one of said tags exhibiting at least one of a QR code or bar code, along with a separate unique identification number printed thereon, said tag also identifying a site address accessible by a member user and associated with said system; a software program incorporated into a processor integrated device used to access said site address and exhibiting a visual display, said program including a first plurality of secure user enterable fields for creating a member profile as well as identification information associated with the physical item paired to a selected tag associated with a record populated to that profile, said program further including additional fields for member entry of information associated with said tag in order to establish ownership with information derived from said member profile, said program further including providing members with the option of picking and choosing contact information in selected fields by checking ON/OFF for each field such that they are individually customized to show only the desired information for that individual unique identification number; and upon the item being lost and subsequently found, the finder entering the unique identification number or scanning the QR/bar code in order to uncover at least one additional data field which draws information from said member entered fields in order to facilitate return of the lost item.