Registry system, database and method
OwnerTheresa Franksinventor
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Abstract
An object registration system includes a server system and a database accessible via a worldwide network of computer. The system is utilized to register a user for registration of an object. The system responds to a request from a registered user to register the object by providing identification to be associated with said object. The identification comprises first secret identification affixed to, or embedded in or on the object, and a second non-secret identification to be associated with the object. The object information is stored in the database for each said object and includes the first secret identification, the second non-secret identification, object identification information and ownership information.
Claims29
A method of providing verification of ownership of collections comprising one or more of works of art and objects and other valuables, said method comprising:
- providing a registration system for registering said collections comprising at least one of works of art and objects and other valuables, said registration system comprising a server system and a database system;
- registering the owner of each of said collections with said registration system;
- responding to a request from one of said registered owners to register each work of art and object and other valuable in said owner's collection;
- registering said owner's collection:
- by obtaining identification information corresponding to each said work of art and object and other valuable;
- storing said identification information in said database system in said database;
- providing at least one unique identification code for each said work of art, and object and other valuable;
- and storing each said at least one unique identification code in said database system in association with corresponding said identification information for each said work of art and object and other valuable.
An art, object, and valuables registration system, comprising:
- a server accessible via a worldwide network;
- a relational database accessible via said server;
- said database being accessible only by registered users of said system;
- said registered users comprising at least one owner of a collection comprising at least one of works of art and objects and other valuables;
- said registered users comprising an insurer of said collection;
- said server having access to security and identity verification software to verify the identity of each user, including said at least one owner and said insurer, as a registered user;
- said server being responsive to secret identification information to provide stored information obtained from said relational database pertaining to a work of art or object or other valuable in said collection;
- said stored information including art identification information and owner identification information corresponding to said secret identification information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.