Apparatus and methods for retrieving lost property

Abstract

A method of facilitating retrieval of lost items, the method including: providing a computer network for a plurality of owners of items which is accessible by each owner using a computer device; providing a user interface of the network for finders of a lost item; receiving from each owner a user specific data item; assigning to each owner an identifier; providing to each owner a software component which is adapted to generate, at the device utilised by the owner, the image of a computer readable code, the code corresponding to the identifier and a network address; facilitating via the user interface a communication from the finder; and using the user specific data item of the owner, sending to the owner the communication of the finder.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.