Patent ID: 8615450

Claim:
A method for documenting an inventory of items for use by a user for a fee comprising the steps of: accessing an algorithm stored on a program server from a remote location via a graphical interface for creating an inventory list, the accessing step comprising: accessing the algorithm by the user to create the inventory list; accessing the algorithm by a reseller to sell use of the algorithm to the user; and accessing the algorithm by an authorized inventory professional to sell use of and create the inventory list for the user; displaying an inventory screen having two or more selectable account tabs corresponding to a customer inventory; selecting an inventory tab to display two or more selectable inventory item tabs; adding two or more items to the inventory list, each item identifiable with one or more selectable item details; adding item details about one or more of the items in the inventory list, adding item details comprising: entering an item detail selected from a group consisting of property, location and category; selecting one or more remember fields corresponding to each of the property, location and category fields to automatically pre-populate the item detail field corresponding to the remembered item details; selecting save and add new item to save entered item and add a next new item to the inventory list with the item name field cleared and the remembered item detail fields pre-populated; and selecting save and add item details to save the entered new item details and display item detail screen; identifying one or more real properties containing items in the inventory list; sorting inventory items based on one or more item detail fields selectable from a group consisting of property, location, category, date, purchase price, and beneficiary; and linking one or more images with one or more of the items in the inventory list.