Remote personnel tracking

• US 20070207773A1
• Filed: 03/06/2006
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HealthWyse LLC (Casamba LLC)
• Original Assignee: HealthWyse LLC (Casamba LLC)
• Inventors: Braunstein, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 7,664,481 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/14 Backbone network devices

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for remote personnel tracking. A computer-implemented method of tracking a field-based employee includes, in a server system, receiving from a remote access device, a user identification (ID) representing the field-based employee, a first series of digits and a location code, generating a second series of digits in response to the received location code, a time representing receipt of the location code, and a remote access device ID associated with the location code, and storing the time and user ID associated with the location ID if the received first series of digits match the second series of digits.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of tracking a field-based employee comprising:

in a server system, receiving from a remote access device, a user identification (ID) representing the field-based employee, a first series of digits and a location code;

generating a second series of digits in response to the received location code, a time representing receipt of the location code, and a remote access device ID associated with the location code; and

storing the time and user ID associated with the location ID if the received first series of digits match the second series of digits.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the remote access device is selected from the group consisting of a land-line telephone, a wireless telephone, a personal data assistant (PDA) with wireless access, pocket PC with wireless access, and smart phone with wireless access.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the remote access device comprises an internal or external security device that generates the first series of digits that is unique for the remote access device and a minute of a day.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the first series of digits is a first six-digit number and the second series of digits is a second six-digit number.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising generating a report from stored time, user ID and location information associated with the remote access device ID.

6. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, for tracking a field-based employee, the computer program product being operable to cause data processing apparatus to:

receive from a remote access device, a user identification (ID) representing the field-based employee, a first series of digits and a location code;

generate a second series of digits in response to the received location code, a time representing receipt of the location code, and a remote access device ID associated with the location code; and

store the time and user ID associated with the location ID if the received first series of digits match the second series of digits.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the remote access device is selected from the group consisting of a land-line telephone, a wireless telephone, a personal data assistant (PDA) with wireless access, pocket PC with wireless access, and smart phone with wireless access.

8. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the remote access device comprises an internal or external security device that generates the first series of digits that is unique for the remote access device and a minute of a day.

9. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the first series of digits is a first six-digit number and the second series of digits is a second six-digit number.

10. The computer program product of claim 6 further operable to cause data processing apparatus to:

generate a report from stored time, user ID and location information associated with the remote access device ID.

11. A field-based employee tracking system comprising:

a remote access device;

a server comprising;

a processor;

a memory including a computer program product being operable to cause the processor to;

receive from a remote access device, a user identification (ID) representing the field-based employee, a first series of digits and a location code;

generate a second series of digits in response to the received location code, a time representing receipt of the location code, and a remote access device ID associated with the location code; and

store the time and user ID associated with the location ID if the received first series of digits match the second series of digits.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the remote access device is selected from the group consisting of a land-line telephone, a wireless telephone, a personal data assistant (PDA) with wireless access, pocket PC with wireless access, and smart phone with wireless access.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the remote access device comprises an internal or external security device that generates the first series of digits that is unique for the remote access device and a minute of a day.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein the first series of digits is a first six-digit number and the second series of digits is a second six-digit number.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein the computer program is further operable to cause data processing apparatus to:

generate a report from stored time, user ID and location information associated with the remote access device ID.