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A mobile object tracking system is provided for tracking the removal and use of specific objects within a group checked out from storage between the time the objects are checked out and the replacement of the objects in the storage. The system includes a system controller and a storage unit that rec

A mobile object tracking system is provided for tracking the removal and use of specific objects within a group checked out from storage between the time the objects are checked out and the replacement of the objects in the storage. The system includes a system controller and a storage unit that receive and store a series of object carriers therein. Each object carrier includes a series of object holders in which id tags for the group of objects checked out of the storage are received. The object carrier monitors the time each object is removed from the object carrier, which information is thereafter communicated to the system controller.

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1. A method of tracking the remote use of individual keys within a group of keys removed for remote use from a central location and subsequently returned to the central location, said method comprising the steps of:(a) restraining each of the keys within the group of keys with a restraint, each rest

1. A method of tracking the remote use of individual keys within a group of keys removed for remote use from a central location and subsequently returned to the central location, said method comprising the steps of:(a) restraining each of the keys within the group of keys with a restraint, each restraint rendering its key un-usable without visible affecting the restraint; (b) upon return of the group of keys to the central location, noting the restraints that are not visibly affected as an indication that their respective keys were not used during the time that the group of keys was removed from the central location; and (c) updating a remote use log to include the use information obtained from step (b).