Patent ID: 6885286

Claim:
A method of managing works of art for contemporary artists comprising: providing an art registration system comprising a server system and database accessible via a worldwide network of computers; receiving log on requests from a user; verifying said user as a legitimate user; registering said legitimate user; responding to a request from said legitimate user for an identification tag to be affixed to a work of art or art object; obtaining identification information for said work of art or art object in a database; providing an identification tag to said legitimate user for affixing to said work of art, said identification tag having a stored unique secret identification code readable only by a secured scanning device and having a visually readable unique second identification code associated therewith, said secret identification code being different from said second identification code; storing in said database said secret identification code, said second identification code, and corresponding database information comprising said identification information and ownership information of said work of art or art object, said identification information and said ownership information corresponding to said secret identification code and said second identification code.