公开(公告)号：US5983238A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-09

申请号：US998525

申请日：1997-12-26

申请人： Seth P. Becker ,  Paul J. Becker ,  Scott E. Becker ,  Paul V. Lombardo

发明人： Seth P. Becker ,  Paul J. Becker ,  Scott E. Becker ,  Paul V. Lombardo

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  G01N21/87 ,  Y10S707/99931 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： An identification, tracking and recovery system includes a central database for electronically storing unique and relevant information of a plurality of gemstones to assist with the recovery of lost or stolen gemstones. The information of each gemstone is stored as a gemstone entry in the database which includes the characteristics of the gemstone, a unique identification number inscribed into a surface of the gemstone by a laser, and personal information of the owner of the gemstone. A user interface enables a user to communicate with a processor which stores and retrieves the relevant information from the database in accordance with an algorithm. The user interface may be located remotely from the database which is located at a central headquarters. The processor is capable of cross-referencing the information of the stored gemstone entry to enable retrieval of a gemstone entry based on any known information, such as the diamond identification number and information pertaining to owner of the gemstone. In addition, the user may flag the gemstone entry of a lost or stolen gemstone to easily identify the status of the ownership of the gemstone and also enable the system. The flagged gemstone entries may then be retrieved to generate a report that lists all of the lost or stolen gemstones stored in the database.

摘要翻译： 识别，跟踪和恢复系统包括用于电子存储多个宝石的独特和相关信息的中央数据库，以帮助恢复丢失或被盗的宝石。 每个宝石的信息被存储为数据库中的宝石条目，其包括宝石的特征，通过激光刻在宝石表面中的唯一识别号以及宝石所有人的个人信息。 用户界面使得用户能够与根据算法从数据库存储和检索相关信息的处理器进行通信。 用户界面可以远离位于中央总部的数据库。 处理器能够交叉参考存储的宝石条目的信息，以便能够基于任何已知的信息（例如钻石识别号码和与宝石的所有者有关的信息）来检索宝石条目。 此外，用户可以标记丢失或被盗的宝石的宝石条目，以便容易地识别宝石所有权的状态，并且还使系统能够使用。 然后可以检索标记的宝石条目以生成列出存储在数据库中的所有丢失或被盗宝石的报告。