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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2001
James Harvey Kaufman, San Jose, CA (US);
Cameron Shea Miner, San Jose, CA (US);
Joann Ruvolo, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An item of value to one or more individuals in a group is tracked wherein each valuable object is tagged, and one or more members of the group carry a personal information management (PIM) device equipped with a sensor which constantly scans for the presence of a known valuable. The sensor is able to detect the type of tag(s) used by the group of individuals. Whenever a member of the group carrying a PIM device comes across a known tagged valuable, the system detects it and logs the location, valuable ID, and user ID in a database. Optionally, visual data is captured from the valuable and compared against a standard located in a database in order to locate the valuable.