Patent ID: 7292159

Claim:
A system for coordinated asset location comprising: means adapted for receiving location data from a plurality of cellular transmitters each associated with a selected asset, which location data includes data representative of a cellular receiver with which direct communication with the cellular transmitter is made; means adapted for receiving identification data corresponding to a cellular transmitter associated with an asset; means adapted for communicating received location data to a tracking service system, which tracking service system includes a database representative of geographic locations associated with a plurality of cellular receivers; means adapted for querying the database with received location data so as to generate geographic tracking data associated with a location of the cellular receiver, the geographic tracking data including display data adapted to generate a map image including data representative of a location of the selected asset; means adapted for communicating the geographic tracking data to an associated security agency so as to allow for viewing of an image generated in accordance with the display data and at least one of tracking and interception of the selected asset; means adapted for storing history data representative of received location data and geographic tracking data for each of the plurality of cellular transmitters in a central repository of the associated security agency, the history data including data associated with each cellular transmitter from commencement of receiving location data for an asset and extending to recovery of the asset; means adapted for storing service data associated with a service history corresponding to each cellular transmitter; means adapted for isolating at least one party of interest relative to each cellular transmitter corresponding to stored history data in accordance with received identification data; means adapted for prompting each party of interest in accordance with stored history data corresponding thereto; means adapted for receiving into the associated security agency a request from each party of interest after prompting thereof; means adapted for retrieving, from the central repository, history data corresponding to each isolated party of interest; means adapted for selectively communicating history data from the associated security agency to each corresponding party of interest after receipt of a request therefrom; and means adapted for communicating service data corresponding to each party of interest upon receipt of a request therefrom.