Patent ID: 8412597

Claim:
A computer readable medium comprising a software program having: a first logical module for enabling a computer to compare a first electronic database comprising a unique identifier for each of a plurality of items and an indication of a time of transfer of ownership of each of said plurality of items to a second electronic database comprising said unique identifier of each said item and an indication of time of registration of each said item; a second logical module for enabling a computer to produce a first set of results comprising an inference for each said unique identifier wherein said time of transfer and said time of registration are equivalent; and a third logical module for computing an ownership timeframe for each of said group of unique identifiers and determining if said ownership timeframe is longer than a preset time, wherein if said ownership time frame exceeds said pre-set time frame said software program employs a fourth logic module to identify are replacement item and wherein said first set of results comprises setting a flag to indicate an inference selected from the following group: ownership, nonownership, unidentifiable.