Abstract: The disclosed herein is a system for tracking a personal belonging in an indoor environment. A lost item alarm system may comprise two or more identical or nearly identical locators. Furthermore, in a preferred embodiment, the system is comprised of a first transceiver that is attached to said personal belonging, a second transceiver that is attached to a device for tracking said personal belonging, wherein one transceiver monitors the distance between said first transceiver and said second transceiver and compares the distance to a predetermined threshold distance, and an alarm unit in communication with at least one of said transceivers, wherein said alarm unit is actuated when the distance exceed the predetermined threshold distance.

Abstract: A method and system for application-to-application data exchange which provides data conversion from the format of a source application to the format of a target application upon receipt of data by the target application. To achieve compatibility among applications exchanging data, the preferred system uses a standard set of terms and process names for building metadata packets that inform both applications as to their respective data representation. A metadata packet includes a standard name and application specific data format, as well as an optional associated process name. Source metadata provided in connection with source application-specific data enables the conversion of the source format to the format compatible with the target. This method eliminates data conversion at the source application.