Patent ID: 8872655

Claim:
A system for monitoring of location of items, comprising: a plurality of wireless devices, each of the plurality of wireless devices being associated with a monitored item; a plurality of wireless communication terminals, each of the plurality of wireless communication terminals being associated with a respective user and associated with at least one respective associated wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices and configured to monitor the proximity of the at least one respective associated wireless device and to generate an alert when the proximity of at least one of the associated respective wireless devices from the associated wireless communication terminal meets or exceeds a proximity threshold to alert the respective user to the met or exceeded proximity threshold; and a processing system that is in communication with the plurality of wireless communication terminals, the processing system comprising a database that collects and stores data related to the plurality of wireless devices and the plurality of wireless communication terminals, wherein at least one buddy wireless communication terminal of the plurality of wireless communication terminals is further configured to monitor the proximity of at least one wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices associated with one of the other wireless communication terminals and to generate an alert when the proximity of at least one of the wireless devices associated with one of the other wireless communication terminals from the buddy wireless communication terminal meets or exceeds a proximity threshold to alert the user of the buddy wireless communication terminal to the met or exceeded proximity threshold.