Patent ID: 7852222

Claim:
A system for managing a plurality of assets and allowing a user to access asset information, the system comprising: (a) a central processor accessible on a computer network; (b) a database for storing asset information for a plurality of assets, the database being in communication with the central processor, wherein the asset information comprises at least information relating to location, ownership, maintenance and repair of the plurality of assets; (c) at least one tag reader in communication with the central processor, wherein each of the at least one tag readers is associated with one of a plurality of distributed sites; (d) an asset tag associated with each of the plurality of assets, each asset tag comprising at least a unique identification for an asset with which the asset tag is associated, the asset tag configured to communicate with the tag reader; and (e) tracking software associated with the central processor, the tracking software configured to track a location of each of the plurality of assets.