System and method for performing object association using a location tracking system

In a location system, said location system including a network with an electronic device and a network connected element interfaced thereto, said network connected element including at least one signaling component capable of transmitting signals, and at least one receiving component capable of receiving signals, a method, comprising the steps of:

• providing an object identifier linked to an object, said object identifier being a device having at least one transmitting component, said transmitting component generating a signal with a unique identifier, said signal received by said network connected element;
• transmitting a second signal from said network connected element to said electronic device, said second signal incorporating said signal from said object identifier and an identifier of the network connected element;
• calculating programmatically the location of said object identifier and said object to which it is linked using said unique identifier and the location of said network connected element;
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• recording associations in a database interfaced with said network, said associations being the interaction of an object with at least one of another object and a location, said interaction occurring when the calculated location of said object is within a defined distance of at least one of another object and a location.

In a location system, said location system including a network with an electronic device and a network connected element interfaced thereto, said network connected element including a receiving component and a signaling component, a medium holding computer-executable steps for a method, comprising the steps of:

• transmitting a signal from an object identifier linked to an object, said signal having a unique identifier, said signal received by said network connected element and incorporated into a second signal, having an identifier of the network connected element, broadcast on said network;
• calculating programmatically the location of said object identifier and an object to which it is linked using said unique identifier and a known location of said network connected element;
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• recording associations in a database interfaced, with said network, said associations being the interaction of said object with at least one of another object and a location, said interaction occurring when the calculated location of said object is within a defined distance of at least one of another object and a location.