system and methods for identifying a lost or stolen device . in one aspect , a method includes : receiving a plurality of items on a platform configured to support the items for transportation , one or more of the items being registered in a database ; interrogating via an interrogation signal transmitted from a radio frequency identification reader to one or more rfid tags attached to one or more of the items while on the platform ; and communicating with the database over an internet to identify an item as being missing and associated with the platform , based on a result of interrorgating .