System, method and service for recording household assets
First Claim
1. An archiving method comprising:
- identifying a residential property;
categorizing a plurality of items contained within the residential property;
recording entries for each of the categorized items within a household asset tracking database;
obtaining digital images of the residential property, the digital images being images taken of actual items of the residential property;
linking the digital images to the entries for the items which are shown in the digital pictures;
storing the linked images and the entries in a data store remotely located from said residential property; and
providing an authorized user with searchable access to the entries and linked images of data store.
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Abstract
An archiving method that includes a step of identifying a residential property. Items contained within the residential property can be categorized. Entries for each of the categorized items can be recorded within a household asset tracking database. Digital images of the residential property can be obtained, where the digital images are images taken of actual items of the residential property. The digital images can be linked to the entries for the items which are shown in the digital pictures. The linked images and entries can be stored in a data store remotely located from the residential property. An authorized user can be provided with searchable access to the entries and linked images of data store.
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45 Claims
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1. An archiving method comprising:
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identifying a residential property;
categorizing a plurality of items contained within the residential property;
recording entries for each of the categorized items within a household asset tracking database;
obtaining digital images of the residential property, the digital images being images taken of actual items of the residential property;
linking the digital images to the entries for the items which are shown in the digital pictures;
storing the linked images and the entries in a data store remotely located from said residential property; and
providing an authorized user with searchable access to the entries and linked images of data store. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A residential archiving system comprising:
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a data gathering component configured to acquire images of a residential property and to record attributes for assets associated with the residential property;
a digitizing component configured to convert the images and attributes into a digital format;
a remote data store remotely located from the residential property configured to store a digital form of the images and attributes, wherein the stored images and attributes are indexed relative to each other; and
a data retrieval component configured to permit an authorized user to selectively retrieve the images and attributes from the remote data store. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A household asset tracking database comprising:
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a plurality of household property records, wherein each household property record corresponds to a different residential property, wherein each household property record is linked to a plurality of room records, and wherein each household property record is linked to a plurality of asset records;
each room record having an associated room designator and at least one room image, wherein each room image is a based upon a photograph taken of a room of a corresponding residential property; and
each asset record having an associated item designator and at least one asset image, wherein each asset image is a based upon a photograph taken of an asset within a corresponding residential property, wherein each asset record is linked to a room record corresponding to a room in which an asset associated with the asset record is located, wherein information within the resident asset tracking database is made available to subscribers of a household asset tracking service, wherein each subscriber is authorized to access only those records associated with a residential property of that subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A property management software interface comprising:
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a user identification and authorization element for determining a user identifier and a user password;
an interface data retrieval component, which communicatively links the software interface to a remote data store and securely retrieves selected records from the remote data store based upon the user identifier and the user password; and
an item presentation view that presents a plurality of property items and attributes associated with property items, wherein at least one of the attributes includes an image of the property item, wherein the presented property items and attributes are based upon the retrieved records from the remote data store, wherein the property items and attributes are associated with a residential property to which the user identifier is associated. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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