Object Location Tracking Using Mobile Communication Device

A data storage system that:

• receives communications from multiple wireless mobile communication devices, each communication including object identification information that uniquely identifies an object that has been brought in close proximity to the wireless communication device;
• in response to each communication from a mobile communication device:
• sends a request back to the mobile communication device for location information indicative of the location of the mobile communication device;
• receives the location information indicative of the location of the mobile communication device;
• and
• stores the received object identification information and the location information.

An object location tracking system comprising:

• an object that includes a wireless short range communication system that wirelessly transmits object identification information over a short range that uniquely identifies the object;
• a communication device having:
• a wireless short range communication system that wirelessly receives the object identification information from the object when the object is in close proximity to the mobile communication device;
• and
• a wireless data communication system that wirelessly communicates location information indicative of the location of the communication device and the object identification information to a data storage system;
• and
• a data storage system that receives and stores the location information and the object identification from the data communication system in the mobile communication device.