Patent ID: 8692649

Claim:
An asset management system for a control of electric appliances, the asset management system comprising: a keycode unit comprising a keycode device chip having a first communication unit wherein the keycode unit is located in a protected environment and relates to an asset management area, and wherein a power supply for the keycode unit is provided by induction from a power line; and an equipment unit, embedded in an appliance, the equipment unit comprising an equipment device chip comprising a positioning system unit, a lock unit, a second communication unit and a memory, the memory being adapted for storing an appliance identification code; wherein the keycode unit and the equipment unit are in communication contact to each other via the first communication unit and the second communication unit, the second communication unit being adapted for sending positioning coordinates, which the positioning system unit receives, from the equipment unit to the keycode unit, and wherein the equipment unit is adapted to lock the appliance via the lock unit, in response to a lock signal that the equipment unit receives from the keycode unit if the appliance moves outside the asset management area.