Patent ID: 7420465

Claim:
Method for finding a lost or stolen object of an owner, said method comprising the steps of: before the object is lost, performing the steps of: providing a mobile device comprising a first RFID reader device to the owner; providing an identification module in communication with said mobile device, said identification module for storing owner identification information of the owner; marking said object with a RFID tag in which an unequivocal tag identification is stored, the owner of the object using said mobile device for accessing the RFID tag with the first RFID reader device of said mobile device, said mobile device reading the owner identification information from said identification module; said mobile device pairing said tag identification with the owner identification information for storing in a database, and when said object is found by a third party, performing the steps of: reading said tag identification by a second RFID reader device different than said first RFID device, determining the owner identification that has been paired with the read tag identification in said database, and informing said owner about the finding of said lost or stolen object.