System and method for inventory tracking and control of mission-critical military equipment and supplies
First Claim
1. An automated method of storing and tracking mission-critical military equipment and supplies at a secure facility, each unit of mission-critical military equipment and supplies tagged with a machine-readable tag encoding a unique identifier, each identifier stored in a database, comprising:
- automatically authenticating personnel requesting or returning mission-critical military equipment or supplies;
automatically performing inventory control of mission-critical military equipment or supplies issued to and received from authenticated personnel using the database;
automatically tracking calibration and maintenance requirements for the mission-critical military equipment;
automatically generating reports and forms related to the mission-critical military equipment and supplies; and
managing the security of the facility by automatically tracking periodic changes in facility access controls.
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Abstract
A fully integrated, secure, portable, automated inventory control and tracking system for facilities storing mission-critical military equipment and supplies includes a terminal, database, and one or more reader/scanners. Software authenticates personnel requesting or returning mission-critical military equipment or supplies based on a machine-readable identifier on each individuals'"'"' badge, performs inventory control including check out and check in of the equipment and supplies based on machine-readable identifiers on the equipment, tracks calibration and maintenance requirements for the equipment, generates reports and forms, facilitates inventories, and manages the security of the facility by tracking periodic changes in facility access controls. The entire life cycle of the equipment is managed, including its history, maintenance, calibration, modification, and repair.
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28 Claims
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1. An automated method of storing and tracking mission-critical military equipment and supplies at a secure facility, each unit of mission-critical military equipment and supplies tagged with a machine-readable tag encoding a unique identifier, each identifier stored in a database, comprising:
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automatically authenticating personnel requesting or returning mission-critical military equipment or supplies;
automatically performing inventory control of mission-critical military equipment or supplies issued to and received from authenticated personnel using the database;
automatically tracking calibration and maintenance requirements for the mission-critical military equipment;
automatically generating reports and forms related to the mission-critical military equipment and supplies; and
managing the security of the facility by automatically tracking periodic changes in facility access controls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of issuing mission-critical military equipment and supplies from a secure facility, each item of mission-critical military equipment and supplies being tagged with a unique, machine-readable identification code, comprising:
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automatically authenticating each individual requesting issuance of one or more items of mission-critical military equipment and supplies via a badge having a machine-readable identifier;
automatically verifying the command authority of each requesting individual to be issued each item of mission-critical military equipment and supplies; and
issuing one or more items of mission-critical military equipment and supplies to each authenticated and verified individual and automatically associating the issued equipment and supplies with the individual;
- View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An inventory tracking and control system for mission-critical military equipment and supplies, comprising:
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a secure, portable processor;
one or more reader/scanners connected to the processor, each reader/scanner operative to read/scan a unique identification code from a badge or item of mission-critical military equipment and supplies; and
program code executing on the processor and operative to authenticate each individual requesting issuance of one or more items of mission-critical military equipment and supplies, to verify the command authority of each requesting individual to be issued each item of mission-critical military equipment and supplies, and upon one or more items of mission-critical military equipment and supplies being issued to each authenticated and verified individual, to associate the issued equipment and supplies with the individual. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A program product for execution on a portable, secure computer system, the program product comprising executable code operative to cause the computer system to
authenticate personnel requesting or returning mission-critical military equipment or supplies; -
perform inventory control of mission-critical military equipment or supplies issued to and received from authenticated personnel using a database;
track calibration and maintenance requirements for the mission-critical military equipment;
generate reports and forms related to the mission-critical military equipment and supplies; and
manage the security of the facility by automatically tracking periodic changes in facility access controls. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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