Employee tracking system with verification

• US 20060281469A1
• Filed: 06/14/2005
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sandata Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Sandata Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Silverstein, Stephen, Stoller, Gary
• Application Number:
  US11/152,279
• Publication Number:
  US 20060281469A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/18 Comparators
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/36 Memories
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/22 Arrangements for supervision, monitoring or testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target

Abstract

A method and system for verifying that an employee and a client are present at a single location. A telephonic communications channel is established between the single location and a location verification system provider. Data is received at the system provider, from the employee over the telephonic communication channel. Data is received, at the system provider, from the client over the telephonic communication channel. The client data is separate from the employee data. The identity of the employee and the client are verified through a comparison of the employee data and the client data to preexisting data located in a database. A determination is made whether or not the employee and the client are present at the single location in response to the step of identifying.

Claims

1. A method for verifying that an employee and a client are present at a single location, the method comprising:

establishing a telephonic communications channel between the single location and a location verification system provider,

receiving data, at the system provider, from the employee over the telephonic communication channel,

receiving data, at the system provider, from the client over the telephonic communication channel, wherein the client data is separate from the employee data,

verifying the identity of the employee and the client through a comparison of the employee data and the client data to preexisting data located in a database, and

determining whether or not the employee and the client are present at the single location in response to the step of identifying.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of establishing comprises establishing a mobile telephonic communications channel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of establishing comprises establishing a telephonic communications channel over a plain old telephone service (POTS) line.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the employee data and the client data each have a format selected from the group consisting of voice data, biometric data, touchtone data, and radio frequency identification card data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the employee data and the client data are sent in different formats.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting employee information from the employee data through utilization of a voice recognition algorithm, and

extracting client information from the client data through utilization of the voice recognition algorithm.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

comparing the employee information to preexisting employee information in the database, and

comparing the client information to preexisting client information in the database.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of determining comprises determining that the client and the employee are at the single location if the employee information matches the preexisting employee information and the client information matches the preexisting client information.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

storing an indication in a memory that the employee and the client are at the single location.

10. An article for verifying that an employee and a client are present at a single location, comprising:

a computer-readable signal-bearing medium;

logic in the medium for establishing a telephonic communication channel between the single location and a location verification system provider;

logic in the medium for receiving data, at the system provider, from the employee over the telephonic communication channel,

logic in the medium for receiving data, at the system provider, from the client over the telephonic communication channel, wherein the client data is separate from the employee data,

logic in the medium for verifying the identity of the employee and the client through a comparison of the employee data and client data to preexisting data located in a database; and

logic in the medium for determining whether or not the employee and the client are present at the single location in response to an indication from the logic in the medium for verifying.

11. The article of claim 10, wherein the logic in the medium for establishing comprises logic in the medium for establishing a mobile telephonic communications channel.

12. The article of claim 10, wherein the logic in the medium for establishing comprises logic in the medium for establishing a telephonic communications channel over a plain old telephone service (POTS) line.

13. The article of claim 10, wherein the employee data and the client data each have a format selected from the group consisting of voice data, biometric data, touchtone data, and radio frequency identification card data.

14. The article of claim 13, wherein the employee data and the client data are sent in different formats.

15. The article of claim 10, further comprising:

logic in the medium for extracting employee information from the employee data through utilization of a voice recognition algorithm, and

logic in the medium for extracting client information from the client data through utilization of the voice recognition algorithm.

16. The article of claim 15, further comprising:

logic in the medium for comparing the employee information to preexisting employee information in the database, and

logic in the medium for comparing the client information to preexisting client information in the database.

17. The article of claim 16, wherein the logic in the medium for determining comprises logic in the medium for determining that the client and the employee are at the single location if the employee information matches the preexisting employee information and the client information matches the preexisting client information.

18. The article of claim 17, further comprising:

logic in the medium for storing an indication in a memory that the employee and the client are at the single location.

19. A method for verifying that an employee and a client are present at a single location, comprising:

establishing a telephonic communication channel between the single location and a location verification system provider,

the employee sending data over the communication channel that includes information that can be used by the location verification system provider to identify the employee,

the client sending data over the communication channel that includes information, which is different from the information sent by the employee, that can be used by the location verification system provider to identify the client.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the employee data and the client data each have a format selected from the group consisting of voice data, biometric data, touchtone data, and radio frequency identification card data.

21. A method for verifying that at least two people are present at a single location, the method comprising:

establishing a telephonic communications channel between the single location and a location verification system provider,

receiving data, at the system provider, from a first person over the telephonic communication channel,

receiving data, at the system provider, from a second person over the telephonic communication channel, wherein the first person data is separate from the second person data,

verifying the identity of the first person and the second person through a comparison of the first person data and the second person data to preexisting data located in a database, and

determining whether or not the first person and the second person are present at the single location in response to the step of identifying.