Guard tour system
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Abstract
The guard tour system of the present invention is comprised of a central computer which runs a computer program that enables a variety of electronic hardware components to function as the guard tour system. As a guard progresses through a guard tour, he or she uses a touch button reader to read information stored within a plurality of touch memory buttons located along the patrol route. At the end of the patrol, the guard places the touch button reader in a downloader that transfers the stored data to the central computer which processes the data and generates reports summarizing the patrol data. The computer program of the present invention provides a novel method of organizing security information in hierarchical categories. Further, the guard tour system of the present invention uses a novel method to determine the number of times a guard visited a location in a given time period.
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34 Claims
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1-29. -29. (canceled)
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30. A method of defining rules for performing a guard patrol of one or more checkpoints, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) assigning an identifier to a rule to be defined;
(b) assigning a date range during which said rule is valid;
(c) determining a schedule for when said rule must be followed; and
(d) setting the number of required checkpoint visits for each location of said guard patrol. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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