Patent ID: 7496532

Claim:
A system for managing a plurality of assets of at least one distributed enterprise and allowing a user to access asset information, the system comprising: a central processor accessible on a computer network; a database for storing asset information for the plurality of assets of the plurality of enterprises, the database being in communication with the central processor, wherein each of the plurality of assets is a piece of equipment, and further wherein the asset information comprises information relating to ownership, maintenance and repair of the pieces of equipment; a client processor in communication with the central processor through the computer network, wherein the client processor inputs, queries, and downloads asset information from the central processor; and defined limited access levels programmed into the central processor, wherein limited access of the user to a predetermined type of asset information is determined based on the defined limited access levels and a configurable user profile of the user, wherein the central processor tracks information relevant to managing each of the plurality of assets, wherein the limited access of the user to the predetermined type of asset information is chosen from at least one of the groups consisting of: access solely to asset information relating to assets at a particular site, access solely to asset information relating to assets of a particular type, access solely to asset information relating to assets for which the user has a service or maintenance contract, access solely to asset information relating to assets which are by a warranty, access solely to asset information relating to assets for which the user has a work order, access solely to asset information relating to asset costs, and access solely to asset information relating to asset usage.