Patent ID: 7167700

Claim:
An installation providing information concerning a gas package ( 4 ), comprising an electronic label ( 2 ) fixed on this gas package ( 4 ) and which includes means of storage of information ( 6 ), the installation also comprising means of reading ( 18 , 20 , 22 ) of at least part of the information stored in the electronic label ( 2 ) and means of access ( 26 , 32 , 38 ) to at least one database ( 12 0 , . . . , 12 n−1 , 12 n+1 , . . . , 12 n+p ) containing complementary information concerning this gas package ( 4 ), wherein the database ( 12 0 , . . . , 12 n−1 , 12 n+1 , . . . , 12 n+p ) is associated with an address, in that database locating information ( 10 0 , . . . , 10 n ) is stored in the electronic label ( 2 ), and wherein the database ( 12 0 , . . . , 12 n−1 , 12 n+1 , . . . , 12 n+p ) is a local database, situated on the site to which the gas package ( 4 ) is affiliated, and wherein data for identifying the gas package ( 4 ) which are associated with the locating information ( 10 0 , . . . , 10 n ), are stored in the electronic label ( 2 ), and in that the means of access ( 26 , 32 , 38 ) are adapted for access to the database as a function of the locating information ( 10 0 , . . . , 10 n ) and of the identifying data.