Mobile accessory storage, security management, and tracking system

A method for storing, tracking, and regulating upkeep with respect to mobile accessories comprising:

• providing at least one security rail comprising a single ingress/egress opening, a detention end, and a security space defined between the single ingress/egress opening and the detention end;
• providing at least one sensor disposed on the security rail to receive a proximity signal from a mobile accessory transmitter;
• providing at least one user interface, wherein the interface is in electronic communication with the security rail and the at least one sensor;
• providing a network and a server, wherein the server is in electronic communication with the at least one security rail and the at least one user interface;
• establishing a security rail identifier for each security rail and entering same into the network;
• establishing a mobile accessory identifier for each mobile accessory and entering same into the network;
• establishing an authentication protocol for allowing mobile accessories to be removed from the at least one security rail and entering same into the network;
• authentication by the server, via the authentication protocol, of an access request made at the user interface;
• wherein the least one security rail and at least one user interface are configured such that:
• when the server authenticates the access request made at the user interface;
• and
• the at least one sensor receives the proximity signal from the mobile accessory transmitter, a releasable lock is moved from a locked position to an unlocked position to allow the at least one mobile accessory to be removed from the at least one security rail.