System for tracking physical objects

A method comprising:

• scanning, via one or more mobile devices communicatively coupled to a distributed computing system, including a processor and an optical reader, a plurality of different identifiers of a plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects;
• transmitting, via the one or more mobile devices, the plurality of different identifiers to the distributed computing system;
• receiving, via the distributed computing system, the plurality of different identifiers for the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects;
• querying, via the distributed computing system, a database for known locations of the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects using the plurality of different identifiers, wherein a location of at least one of the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects is unknown;
• interpolating, via the distributed computing system, each of the known locations of the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects as a data point;
• retrieving, via the distributed computing system, a map of a facility in which the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects are designated to be disposed from the database;
• overlaying, via the distributed computing system, the map including locations at which each physical object of the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects are designated to be disposed, over the data points representing each known location of the physical objects;
• determining, via the distributed computing system, whether the data points representing each of the known locations of each of the physical objects correlate with the designated locations of each physical object;
• generating, via the distributed computing system, one or more projected paths of the one or more of mobile devices based on the data points, wherein generating the one or more projected paths includes omitting at least one data point determined to be arbitrary, unplanned, or illogical;
• and
• determining, via the distributed computing system, the location of the at least one physical object based on a chronological order of each scan of the plurality of different identifiers of the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects.

One or more non-transitory computer readable memory media storing instructions, wherein the instructions are executable by one or more processors to:

• scan, via one or more mobile devices communicatively coupled to a distributed computing system, including a processor and an optical reader, a plurality of different identifiers of a plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects;
• transmit, via the one or more mobile devices, the plurality of different identifiers to the distributed computing system;
• receive, via the distributed computing system, the plurality of different identifiers for the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects;
• query, via the distributed computing system, a database for known locations of the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects using the plurality of different identifiers, wherein a location of at least one of the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects is unknown;
• interpolate, via the distributed computing system, each of the known locations of the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects as a data point;
• retrieve, via the distributed computing system, a map of a facility in which the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects are designated to be disposed from the database;
• overlay, via the distributed computing system, the map including locations at which each physical object of the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects are designated to be disposed, over the data points representing each known location of the physical objects;
• determine, via the distributed computing system, whether the data points representing each of the known locations of each of the physical objects correlate with the designated locations of each physical object;
• generate, via the distributed computing system, one or more projected paths of the one or more of mobile devices based on the data points, wherein generating the one or more projected paths includes omitting at least one data point determined to be arbitrary, unplanned, or illogical;
• and
• determine, via the distributed computing system, the location of the at least one physical object based on a chronological order of each scan of the plurality of different identifiers of the plurality of different geographically distributed physical objects.