International Business Machines Corporation
AUTOMATED COMPUTERIZED IDENTIFICATION OF ASSETS

Abstract:

Automatically detecting and cataloging items or assets at a location or property, using a computer, to capture, using multiple techniques and corresponding devices, data about an item of a plurality of items in a defined location, for cataloging the item. Using the computer to determine when the data meets threshold criteria for identification of the item and completing an identification of the item when the data meets the threshold criteria. Using the computer to determine when the item meets asset criteria for being cataloged as an asset, in response to the item meeting the threshold criteria for identification of the item and thereby the identification being completed. Metadata about the asset is gathered, in response to meeting the asset criteria, and the asset is cataloged with the data and the metadata.