Display format for reporting guard tour data

• US 20060214776A1
• Filed: 03/24/2005
• Published: 09/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Timekeeping Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Timekeeping Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Markwitz, Barry J., O'Flaherty, Michael B.
• Granted Patent: US 7,345,577 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/306
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 2001/085 Partner search devices

Abstract

The format for a display of guard tour data is disclosed. The display format is arranged in a manner such that the data can be easily analyzed and readily acted upon. The display format uses a combination of colors, graphics, and text, arranged in the cells of a table or spreadsheet, to present large volumes of guard tour data in a compact and easily analyzed manner. Each row of the table or spreadsheet represents one location within the guard tour. Each cell within that row represents one visit by a guard to the location. Cell background color or pattern, graphic symbol shape and color, and/or text color within each cell indicate whether the guard'"'"'s visit to a specific location fell within predetermined parameters for the location. Additional graphics appear within the cell if the system has additional information regarding the visit to the tour location that cannot fit within the area of the cell.

Claims

1. ) A format for a display of guard tour data comprising a listing of guard tour locations oriented along a first axis, a listing of guard tour visits to said guard tour locations oriented along a second axis, and a plurality of cells each defined by the intersection of a guard tour location in said listing of guard tour locations and a guard tour visit in said listing of said guard tour visits, each of said cells representing guard tour data relating to a visit by a guard to a specific guard tour location.

2. ) The display format as defined in claim 1 wherein said listing of guard tour visits to said guard tour locations defines the times of occurrence of said visits to said guard tour locations.

3. ) The display format as defined in claim 1 wherein said listing of guard tour visits to said guard tour locations defines the amount of time that has elapsed between visits to said guard tour locations.

4. ) The display format as defined in claim 1 wherein said listing of guard tour visits to said guard tour locations defines the number of visits that have occurred to guard tour locations during a predetermined period of time.

5. ) The display format as defined in claim 1 wherein said listing of guard tour locations is oriented along a vertical axis causing the creation of rows of data relating to said guard tour visits to said guard tour locations.

6. ) The display format as defined in claim 1 wherein said listing of guard tour visits to guard tour locations is oriented along a horizontal axis causing the creation of columns of data relating to said guard tour visits to said guard tour locations.

7. ) The display format as defined in claim 1 wherein a combination of colors and graphics is provided within each of said cells to present data relating to the guard tour visit to a specific guard tour location.

8. ) The display format as defined in claim 1 further including means to indicate the existence of additional data relating to the guard tour visit to specific guard tour location.

9. ) The display format as defined in claim 8 further including the use of a cursor means, placement of said cursor means over said additional data indicating means causing the display of said additional data relating to a guard tour visit to a guard tour location.