Device, System and Method for Personnel Tracking and Authentication

• US 20110148576A1
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Donald R. Boys
• Original Assignee: Donald R. Boys
• Inventors: Gupta, Neeraj
• Application Number:
  US12/824,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20110148576A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.83
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/21 having a variable access code
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

A personal surrogate device has a central processing unit (CPU), a digital memory including a machine readable medium, and a display screen, all interconnected through a bus network, one or more biometric input mechanisms coupled to the bus network, a wireless transceiver, a GPS system, a software suite executing from the machine-readable medium managing functionality of the device, and an identity code stored in the digital memory as a digital string. The code, transmitted via the wireless transceiver, identifies the device as associated with a particular person.

Claims

1. A personal surrogate device, comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU), a digital memory including a machine readable medium, and a display screen, all interconnected through a bus network;

one or more biometric input mechanisms coupled to the bus network;

a wireless transceiver;

a GPS system;

a software suite executing from the machine-readable medium managing functionality of the device; and

an identity code stored in the digital memory as a digital string;

wherein the code, transmitted via the wireless transceiver, identifies the device as associated with a particular person.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the mechanisms enabled for biometric input include at least a fingerprint scanner mechanism and a human eye image input mechanism.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the particular person, seeking entry to a secure area, enters a fingerprint image or an eye image via one of the biometric input mechanisms, which is transmitted via the wireless transceiver to a server that associates the image received with a stored personal profile, generates the one-time identity code, and sends it to the surrogate device.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein the person uses the device as a surrogate identity while on-site in the secure area, transmitting the code to control stations within the secure area to identify the person.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein the stored personal profile is transmitted to the device and stored on the device, along with the one-time code, as an identity aid that may be accessed by the control stations.

6. The device of claim 3 wherein the GPS system transmits location in the secure area periodically, the transmitted locations associated with the one-time code, providing tracking data for the person in the secure area.

7. The device of claim 4 further comprising a microphone and a speaker, and software enabling operation of the device as a voice communication appliance.

8. The device of claim 3 wherein the person, leaving the secure area, connects the device to a network port, and any and all data stored on the device relating to a particular person is erased, enabling the device to be used again as an identity surrogate for a different person.

9. The device of claim 3 wherein an itinerary planned for the particular person is downloaded to the device, and may be accessed by the particular person as a guide during time spent in the secure area.

10. The device of claim 9 wherein alerts are sent by the device to the server for any situation wherein the particular person is in an area at a time not a part of the itinerary.

11. A method for tracking a particular person in a secure area, comprising the steps of:

(a) storing an identity code in a digital memory of a personal surrogate device having

a central processing unit (CPU) and a display screen, all interconnected through a bus network,

one or more biometric input mechanisms coupled to the bus network, a wireless transceiver, a GPS system, and a software suite executing from the machine-readable medium managing functionality of the device; and

(b) transmitting the code by the device via the wireless transceiver, identifying the device as associated with a particular person.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the mechanisms enabled for biometric input include at least a fingerprint scanner mechanism and a human eye image input mechanism.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the particular person, seeking entry to a secure area, enters a fingerprint image or an eye image via one of the biometric input mechanisms, which is transmitted via the wireless transceiver to a server that associates the image received with a stored personal profile, generates the one-time identity code, and sends it to the surrogate device.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the person uses the device as a surrogate identity while on-site in the secure area, transmitting the code to control stations within the secure area to identify the person.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the stored personal profile is transmitted to the device and stored on the device, along with the one-time code, as an identity aid that may be accessed by the control stations.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the GPS system transmits location in the secure area periodically, the transmitted locations associated with the one-time code, providing tracking data for the person in the secure area.

17. The method of claim 14 further comprising a microphone and a speaker, and software enabling operation of the device as a voice communication appliance.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the person, leaving the secure area, connects the device to a network port, and any and all data stored on the device relating to a particular person is erased, enabling the device to be used again as an identity surrogate for a different person.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein an itinerary planned for the particular person is downloaded to the device, and may be accessed by the particular person as a guide during time spent in the secure area.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein alerts are sent by the device to the server for any situation wherein the particular person is in an area at a time not a part of the itinerary.