RFID-BASED PERSONNEL TRACKING

• US 20110304438A1
• Filed: 06/17/2011
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HealthWyse LLC (Casamba LLC)
• Original Assignee: HealthWyse LLC (Casamba LLC)
• Inventors: BRAUNSTEIN, ANDREW SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US13/163,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20110304438A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for RFID-based personnel tracking. A method of tracking employees includes, in a first computer system, prompting a user for identification input, validating the identification input, receiving data from a first scan of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag upon initiation of a task, receiving data from a second scan of the RFID tag upon termination of the task, and uploading the identification input and the data of the first and second scans to a second computer system for storage and correlation.

Claims

1. A method of tracking employees comprising:

prompting a user for identification input from a portable computer system;

validating the identification input on the portable computer system;

receiving, on the portable computer system, data from a first scan of a Radio Frequency Identification tag, associated with a fixed location, upon initiation of a task;

receiving, on the portable computer system, data from a second scan of the Radio Frequency Identification tag upon termination of the task; and

uploading, from the portable computer system, the identification input and the data of the first and second scans to a remote computer system for storage and correlation.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the portable computer system includes a Radio Frequency Identification tag reader.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the portable computer system comprises a pocket personal computer with a Radio Frequency Identification tag reader plug-in.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the data from the first and second scans include data representing a date and time.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the data from the first and second scans include data representing a site identification.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating a report from a correlation of the identification input, the data from the first scan, and the data from the second scan.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

transmitting the report to a report subscriber.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the report subscriber is an employer of the user.

9. A method of tracking comprising:

entering a user identification from a user into a portable computer system;

receiving, on the portable computer system, data from a first scan of a Radio Frequency Identification tag, associated with a fixed location, upon the initiation of a task;

receiving, on the portable computer system, data from a second scan of the Radio Frequency Identification tag upon the termination of the task; and

storing the user identification and the data of the first and second scans on a remote computer system.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising sending the user identification, the data from the first scan, and the data from the second scan to a remote computer system for storage and manipulation.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the portable computer system includes a Radio Frequency Identification tag reader.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the portable computer system comprises a pocket personal computer with a Radio Frequency Identification tag reader plug-in.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the data from the first and second scans include data representing a date and time.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the data from the first and second scans include data representing a site identification.