Digital inventory and inventory transfer assistant

A system for operating a digital inventory, comprising:

• at least one hardware processor;
• a storage device comprising a nonvolatile memory and connected to the hardware processor, the storage device comprising an inventory database;
• an imaging device located at a user location and connected to the hardware processor and the storage device;
• wherein the hardware processor comprises instructions that, when executed on the hardware processor, cause the system to:
• receive on a user-programmable interval, from the imaging device, an image comprising an object;
• perform object recognition on the image to determine an object type of the object;
• determine when the object is to be added to the inventory database based on inventory rules stored in the storage device, wherein the instructions cause the system to add the object to the inventory database making the object an inventory object;
• display, on a computer display, an input indication for selection by the user;
• receive the input indication from the user, wherein the input indication includes a numerical input on a scale from zero to ten to reflect sentimental value of the object to the user;
• calculate a numerical value of the inventory object based on the numerical input, tax consequences of a sale of the inventory object, and valuation information related to other objects of a same or similar object type;
• associate the numerical value and metadata with the inventory object, the metadata including prospective object buyer data, a note describing a user description of a memory of the object, and care instructions for the object;
• display the inventory object along with the numerical value, the metadata and the object type on the computer display;
• receive a designation of a beneficiary for the inventory object from the user;
• identify a prospective buyer of the inventory object based on the metadata;
• and
• provide a virtual reality interface to the user or the designated beneficiary, the virtual reality interface providing a depiction of the displayed inventory object, a listing of the designated beneficiary of the inventory object overlaid or near the object, and a listing of the prospective buyer of the inventory object overlaid or near the object.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by at least one hardware processor, cause the processor to:

• receive on a user-programmable interval, from an imaging device located at a user location, an image comprising an object;
• perform object recognition on the image to determine an object type of the object;
• determine when the object is to be added to an inventory database stored in a non-volatile memory based on inventory rules stored in a storage device, wherein the instructions cause adding the object to the inventory database making the object an inventory object;
• display, on a computer display, an input indication for selection by the user;
• receive the input indication from the user, wherein the input indication includes a numerical input on a scale from zero to ten to reflect sentimental value of the object to the user;
• calculate a numerical value of the inventory object based on the numerical input, tax consequences of a sale of the inventory object, and valuation information related to other objects of a same or similar object type;
• associate the numerical value and metadata with the inventory object the metadata including prospective object buyer data, a note describing a user description of a memory of the object, and care instructions for the object;
• display the inventory object along with the numerical value, the metadata and the object type on the computer display;
• receive a designation of a beneficiary for the inventory object from the user;
• identify a prospective buyer of the inventory object based on the metadata;
• and
• provide a virtual reality interface to the user or the designated beneficiary, the virtual reality interface providing a depiction of the displayed inventory object, a listing of the designated beneficiary of the inventory object overlaid or near the object, and a listing of the prospective buyer of the inventory object overlaid or near the object.