System for positioning staff in office

• US 20040146152A1
• Filed: 06/02/2003
• Published: 07/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Chung-Wei
• Granted Patent: US 6,934,375 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/201.06
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2462 Asset location systems combined with EAS inventory, tracking, logistic G06Q10/00; entrance control systems G07C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42229 Personal communication services, i.e. services related to one subscriber independent of his terminal and/or location diverting calls from one subscriber to another subscriber, i.e. two different subscriptions H04M3/54; selecting arrangements in intelligent networks H04Q3/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/546 in private branch exchanges

Abstract

The present invention to a system for positioning staff in an office, which comprises a plurality of fixed identification reader devices, a plurality of identification devices and a host computer. Each staff carries the identification device. The identification reader devices are places at fixed points of the terminal of the system to record and identify staff near the terminal. The host computer is used for collecting and recording the information read by the reader devices. Thereby, the system for position staff in an office according to the present invention could manage the staff in an office efficiently.

Claims

1. A system for positioning staff in an office, mainly comprising a plurality of identification reader devices, a plurality of identification devices and a computer host;

each said identification device being carried by every person in said office, said identification reader device being fixedly installed at a terminal of said system to identify and record persons near thereto, and said host being used to collect and record data obtained by said identification reader devices.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said identification reader device is a close distance magnetic card reader, contact or non-contact IC card reader or fingerprint identifier.

3. The system according to claim 1 wherein said identification reader device can be installed at an inlet of each partition area of an office.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein said identification reader device can be used on an entrance guard management.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said identification reader device is far distance identification reader device.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein said far distance identification reader device is a Bluetooth device.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein said Bluetooth device can be installed at a fixed point depending on transmission distance or installed in a personal computer with a Bluetooth wireless device.

8. The system according to claim 1 wherein said identification device is a magnetic card, contact or non-contact IC card.

9. The system according to claim 1 wherein said identification device is a Bluetooth device.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein said computer host can be connected with a telephone exchange system to provide person location data to a telephone exchange operator or to control said telephone exchange system.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein said host can provide a staff location inquiry service.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein said host can provide an immediate data to form a web page for authorized persons to inquire.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein said data can be transmitted through an Internet line to said computer host.

14. The system according to claim 7, wherein only software is needed to install in said personal computer with a Bluetooth device to allow said personal computer to be used as an identification device concurrently.