Tagging and tracking system for assets and personnel of a commercial enterprise
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1. A system for monitoring assets and personnel associated with a business enterprise, comprising:
- a materials tagging subsystem comprising;
RFID tags placed on items of property, mobile scanners for querying the tags and receiving tag data, a materials database for storing tag data, and remote materials programming for collecting tag data, wherein the mobile scanners are in wireless communication with the tag programming;
a tools tagging subsystem having;
RFID tags placed on items of property, portal scanners for querying the tags and receiving tag data at a portal, a tools database for storing tag data, and remote tools programming for collecting tag data, wherein the portal scanners are in communication with the tools programming;
a personnel tracking subsystem having;
geolocation personnel tracking devices carried by personnel, stationary access points for wirelessly communicating with the tracking devices, a personnel database for storing tracking data, and remote personnel programming for collecting tracking data, wherein the stationary access points are in communication with the tracking programming by means of a LAN network; and
a command and control subsystem for integrating the materials programming and database, the tools programming and database, and the personnel programming and database;
wherein the command and control subsystem has at least one monitoring station.
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Abstract
An integrated system for tracking assets (tools and materials) and personnel associated with a work site. Personnel are equipped with tracking devices having at least geolocation capability. Assets are tagged with RFID tags, which are interrogated at portals, by mobile scanners, or by personnel tracking devices having RFID reading capability. The tag readers and tracking devices are all in communication with a common “information backbone” and all data is delivered to, and processed by, a common command and control subsystem.
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1. A system for monitoring assets and personnel associated with a business enterprise, comprising:
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a materials tagging subsystem comprising;
RFID tags placed on items of property, mobile scanners for querying the tags and receiving tag data, a materials database for storing tag data, and remote materials programming for collecting tag data, wherein the mobile scanners are in wireless communication with the tag programming;
a tools tagging subsystem having;
RFID tags placed on items of property, portal scanners for querying the tags and receiving tag data at a portal, a tools database for storing tag data, and remote tools programming for collecting tag data, wherein the portal scanners are in communication with the tools programming;
a personnel tracking subsystem having;
geolocation personnel tracking devices carried by personnel, stationary access points for wirelessly communicating with the tracking devices, a personnel database for storing tracking data, and remote personnel programming for collecting tracking data, wherein the stationary access points are in communication with the tracking programming by means of a LAN network; and
a command and control subsystem for integrating the materials programming and database, the tools programming and database, and the personnel programming and database;
wherein the command and control subsystem has at least one monitoring station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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