System and method for tracking individuals

• US 20060120568A1
• Filed: 12/06/2004
• Published: 06/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Rodriguez, Orlando, Connell, Philip B., McConville, Patrick J., Mandell, Lawrence J., McMahon, Timothy H.
• Application Number:
  US11/005,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20060120568A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

In one general aspect, biometric information and location information associated with the biometric information are received. An individual is identified based, at least in part, on the biometric information. The individual is verified to be at a predetermined location and a predetermined time based, at least in part, on the location information.

Claims

1. A method for tracking an individual, comprising:

receiving biometric information and location information associated with the biometric information;

identifying an individual based, at least in part, on the biometric information; and

verifying that the individual is at a predetermined location at a predetermined time based, at least in part, on the location information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the location comprises on of a longitude, a latitude, a time, a street address, a building location, a location within a building, a radial distance around an access point, or a combination of the forgoing.

3. A method for tracking an individual, comprising:

receiving initial biometric information and initial location information associated with the initial biometric information;

identifying a first individual based, at least in part, on the initial biometric information;

receiving additional biometric information and additional location information associated with the additional biometric information;

identifying a second individual based, at least in part, on the additional biometric information; and

verifying that the first individual and the second individual are present within a vicinity based, at least in part, on the initial location information and the additional location information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the vicinity comprises one of a geographic perimeter, a vehicle, a vessel, a building, a portion of a building, a perimeter around a wireless device, a perimeter around a different individual, and a combination of the foregoing.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising identifying either a time of entry to or a time of exit from the vicinity based, at least in part, on associated location information.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the individual is identified based, at least in part, on comparing the biometric information to a template associated with the individual, the template comprising stored biometric information associated with the individual.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the biometric information was received from a biometric reader, further comprising:

identifying demographic information associated with the first individual in response to identifying the first individual; and

transmitting at least a portion of the demographic information to the biometric reader.

8. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions for causing data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving initial biometric information and initial location information associated with the initial biometric information;

identifying a first individual based, at least in part, on the initial biometric information;

receiving additional biometric information and additional location information associated with the additional biometric information;

identifying a second individual based, at least in part, on the additional biometric information; and

verifying that the first and second individual are present within a vicinity based, at least in part, on the initial and additional location information.

9. The article of claim 8, wherein the vicinity comprises one of a geographic perimeter, a vehicle, a vessel, a building, a portion of a building, a perimeter around a wireless device, a perimeter around a different individual, and a combination of the foregoing.

10. The article of claim 8, further performing operations comprising identifying either a time of entry to or a time of exit from the vicinity based, at least in part, on associated location information.

11. The article of claim 8, wherein the individual is identified based, at least in part, on comparing the biometric information to a template associated with the individual, the template comprising biometric information associated with the individual.

12. The article of claim 8, wherein the biometric information was received from a biometric reader, further comprising:

identifying demographic information associated with the first individual in response to identifying the first individual; and

transmitting at least a portion of the demographic information to the biometric reader.

13. A mobile device for tracking individuals, comprising:

a location controller operable to receive wireless signals and determine location information based on the received wireless signals; and

a tracking controller operable to;

receive initial biometric information and initial location information associated with the initial biometric information;

receive additional biometric information and additional location information associated with the additional biometric information; and

store the initial biometric information, the initial location information, the additional biometric information, and the additional location information.

14. The mobile device of claim 13, the tracking controller further operable to:

identify a first individual based, at least in part, on the initial biometric information;

identify a second individual based, at least in part, on the additional biometric information; and

verify that the first and second individual are present within a vicinity based, at least in part, on the initial and additional location information.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the vicinity comprises one of a geographic perimeter, a vehicle, a vessel, a building, a portion of a building, a perimeter around a wireless device, a perimeter around a different individual, and a combination of the foregoing.

16. The mobile device of claim 14, the tracking controller further operable to identify either a time of entry to or a time of exit from the vicinity based, at least in part, on associated location information.

17. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the individual is identified based, at least in part, on comparing the biometric information to a template associated with the individual, the template comprising biometric information associated with the individual.

18. The mobile device of claim 13, further comprising a transmitting controller operable to wirelessly transmit the initial biometric information, the initial location information, the additional biometric information, and the additional location information for remotely verifying activities of the first individual and the second individual.

19. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions for causing data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving biometric information and location information associated with the biometric information;

identifying an individual based, at least in part, on the biometric information; and

verifying that the individual is a predetermined location and time based, at least in part, on the location information.

20. The article of claim 19, wherein the location comprises on of a longitude, a latitude, a time, a street address, a building location, a location within a building, a radial distance around an access point, or a combination of the forgoing.