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System and method for registering and maintaining field equipment inventory based on individualized equipment and location information

  • US 5,959,275 A
  • Filed: 03/25/1997
  • Issued: 09/28/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for registering and tracking, in a remote equipment database, a plurality of network assets at the circuit card level, said network assets being installed in equipment bays located within field sites, said method comprising the steps of:

  • entering location data of a network asset into a hand-held client, that identifies a particular starting registration location of said network asset, wherein said hand-held client receives layout information of the equipment bay from the remote equipment database;

    entering identification data of a network asset into said hand-held client, that identifies a particular network asset positioned at said starting registration location;

    transmitting said location and identification data from said hand-held client to a remote server; and

    storing said location and identification data in the remote equipment database.

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