PORTABLE SIGN-IN SERVICE
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1. A computer-implemented method of setting up a portable visitor station for an organization, the method comprising:
- under control of a portable computing device comprising one or more processors configured with executable instructions,storing, on the portable computing device, a visitor application that provides a user interface (UI) to a user of the portable visitor station;
sending a request to a server to set up the portable visitor station, the request including;
an identification of the portable computing device that sent the request; and
an identifier of a version of the visitor application stored on the portable computing device;
presenting information requesting a location at which the portable computing device is to be located;
receiving the location the portable computing device is to be located;
presenting information requesting a list of contacts associated with the organization;
receiving the list of contacts; and
sending the received location and the received list to the server to substantiate the portable visitor station.
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Abstract
Portable visitor stations that are easy to set up are disclosed. Portable visitor stations, including a visitor application stored on a portable computer may be set up for a facility by sending a location at which the portable computer is to be located at to a visitor processing service and sending a list of contacts associated with the facility to the visitor processing service. In some embodiments, the portable visitor station may be set up exclusively by sending only the received location and the received list to the visitor processing service.
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1. A computer-implemented method of setting up a portable visitor station for an organization, the method comprising:
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under control of a portable computing device comprising one or more processors configured with executable instructions, storing, on the portable computing device, a visitor application that provides a user interface (UI) to a user of the portable visitor station; sending a request to a server to set up the portable visitor station, the request including; an identification of the portable computing device that sent the request; and an identifier of a version of the visitor application stored on the portable computing device; presenting information requesting a location at which the portable computing device is to be located; receiving the location the portable computing device is to be located; presenting information requesting a list of contacts associated with the organization; receiving the list of contacts; and sending the received location and the received list to the server to substantiate the portable visitor station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-implemented method of setting up a portable visitor station for an organization, the method comprising:
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under control of one or more processors configured with executable instructions, receiving a request to set up the portable visitor station, the request including; an identification of a device that sent the request; and an identifier of a version of a visitor application stored on the device; receiving a location at which the device is to be located; receiving a list of contacts associated with the organization; and associating the received list with the received location, wherein the received list is used to send a notification to a contact on the received list. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A portable computing device comprising:
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a display; one or more processors; and memory storing a visitor application that, when executed by the one or more processors, performs acts comprising; establishing a visitor station for an organization by; sending a request to a server, the request including; an identification of the portable computing device; and an identifier of a version of the visitor application installed on the portable computing device; presenting information on the display requesting an installer to provide a location at which the portable computing device is to be located; receiving the location the portable computing device is to be located; presenting information on the display requesting the installer to provide a list of contacts associated with the organization; receiving the list of contacts associated with the organization; and sending the received location and the received list to the server to substantiate the visitor station. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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