Systems and Methods for Personnel Monitoring and Management

• US 20100312606A1
• Filed: 06/04/2010
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitesh Gala
• Original Assignee: Mitesh Gala
• Inventors: Gala, Mitesh
• Granted Patent: US 8,359,221 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1091 Recording time for administrative or management purposes

Abstract

The systems and methods for providing an integrated means for monitoring, managing and auditing employees performance at a workplace or job site, such as monitoring the time worked by the employees, ensuring employee compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and coordinating and assigning duties to be performed by the employees. Each employee may be provided with a mobile wireless device in communication with the system to provide alerts of potential or actual violations, notifications of any change in duties or position, and notification of time clock status (i.e., time to take a break, time to clock in, etc.).

Claims

1. A system for monitoring and managing an employee at a workplace comprising:

an employee interface for entering employee identification information into the system;

a server in communication with the employee interface for receiving the employee identification, and for performing functions to evaluate the identify and workplace status of the employee; and

a database in communication with the server and comprising stored employee information.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a management device in operative communication with the server to permit access to employee information in the system.

3. The system as recited in claim 2 wherein the management device comprises one or more management application for treatment of the employee information provided in the system.

4. The system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a wireless communication device in communication with at least one of the employee interface, the server, and the database to provide a notification to the employee regarding their workplace status.

5. The system as recited in claim 2 further comprising a wireless communication device in communication with at least one of the employee interface, the server, the database, and the management device to provide a notification regarding the workplace status of an employee.

6. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the employee interface is selected from the group consisting of a touch screen, a card reader, a key pad, a biometric identification device, and combinations thereof.

7. The system as recited in claim 1 comprising software loaded on to the server comprising employee identification logic and employee scheduling logic.

8. The system as recited in claim 7 wherein the software further comprises compliance logic and performance logic.

9. The system as recited in claim 7 wherein the employee identification logic receives input employee identification information, compares it against stored employee information, and decides whether to grant employee access to the system based on the comparison outcome.

10. The system as recited in claim 7 wherein the employee scheduling logic performs time keeping determinations and calculations, and evaluates the workplace status of the employee.

11. The system as recited in claim 10 wherein the employee scheduling logic provides workplace instruction options to the employee.

12. The system as recited in claim 8 wherein the compliance logic performs functions to determine whether the employee in compliance with certain rules, laws, or regulations.

13. The system as recited in claim 8 wherein the performance logic functions to determine appropriate tasks, duties or positions assigned to the employee.

14. The system as recited in claim 1 further comprising communication means with other electronic devices operated by an employee within the workplace to control the operation of such other devices based on the employee workplace status.

15. A system for monitoring and managing an employee at a workplace comprising:

an employee interface for entering employee identification information into the system;

a server in communication with the employee interface for receiving the employee identification, wherein the server includes a processor for performing employee identification logic and employee scheduling logic; and

a database in communication with the server and comprising stored employee information;

wherein upon entry and acceptance of the employee identification into the system, the system determines the employee workplace status, and wherein the system comprises means for providing an indication of the same.

16. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein the system further comprises compliance logic for evaluating whether the employee is in violation of any rule, law or regulation, and wherein the system comprises means for providing an indication of the same.

17. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein the system further comprises performance logic for determining a workplace task for the employee, and wherein the system comprises means for providing an indication of the same.

18. The system as recited in claim 15 further comprising a communication device operatively connected to the system for providing employee information remotely therefrom.

19. The system as recited in claim 18 wherein the communication device is configured to permit a user to access the system and perform functions on the system remotely therefrom.

20. A method for monitoring and managing an employee within a workplace comprising the steps of:

entering employee identification information into an employee monitoring and management system;

performing identification logic to determine whether the entered employee identification information matches employee identification information stored in the system; and

performing scheduling logic if the employee identification information is a match, and providing an indication of the employee workplace status.

21. The method as recited in claim 20 wherein the step of entering can be performed using a device selected from the group consisting of a touch screen, a card reader, a key pad, a biometric identification device, and combinations thereof.

22. The method as recited in claim 20, wherein during the step of performing scheduling logic, the system evaluates a stored schedule for the employee and compares it to time information taken during the step of entering to determine the workplace status.

23. The method as recited in claim 20 further comprising the step of performing compliance logic to determine whether the employee is in violation of any rule, law or regulation, and providing an indication of employee compliance.

24. The method as recited in claim 23 wherein the steps of performing scheduling logic and compliance logic are done together.

25. The method as recited in claim 23 further comprising providing a notification to management should the system determine that an employee is not in compliance with a rule, law or regulation.

26. The method as recited in claim 20 further comprising the step of performing performance logic to determine a workplace task for the employee to perform, and providing an indication of such task.

27. The method as recited in claim 20 further comprising the step of sending a signal to one or more workplace devices to activate or deactivate such devices for an employee based on the employee'"'"'s workplace status.