Security badge for automated access control and secure data gathering
First Claim
1. A method of initiating and maintaining access between a person having a mobile transceiver and data buffering device and an electronic system containing information and connected to a compatible transceiver device, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. authenticating said mobile transceiver and data buffering device with said electronic system;
b. upon successful completion of said authenticating step, initiating access by one of at least said person and said mobile transceiver and data buffering device to said electronic system;
c. intermittently generating recommitment signals in said electronic system; and
d. receiving said recommitment signal in said mobile transceiver and data buffering device and transmitting a recommitment response signal to said electronic system in response thereto, thereby maintaining access to said electronic system.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system utilizing a personal identification badge to collect data and to provide access to a computer terminal. The personal identification badge includes circuitry and transceiver components for transmitting identification information and exchanging other digital information with a computer terminal and other compatible devices. The personal identification badge establishes a wireless communication link with a computer terminal to allow a user to logon to the terminal. When a user leaves the computer terminal, the communication link is terminated, causing the computer terminal to lock the keyboard, blank the monitor, and/or logoff the user if the communication link is not restored within a sufficient time period. The personal identification badge includes means for encrypting and signing digital information. Adapted for use within a hospital, the system provides further means for establishing an affiliation between a personal identification badge and a patient, for collecting digital information from electronic devices that record or gather data regarding the status of a patient, for digitizing and recording dictation spoken into the personal identification badge, and for modifying the digital information so collected to conform to standards, such as those of a Java applet or the hypertext markup language, for interactive display on a universal display browser.
605 Citations
32 Claims
-
1. A method of initiating and maintaining access between a person having a mobile transceiver and data buffering device and an electronic system containing information and connected to a compatible transceiver device, said method comprising the steps of:
-
a. authenticating said mobile transceiver and data buffering device with said electronic system; b. upon successful completion of said authenticating step, initiating access by one of at least said person and said mobile transceiver and data buffering device to said electronic system; c. intermittently generating recommitment signals in said electronic system; and d. receiving said recommitment signal in said mobile transceiver and data buffering device and transmitting a recommitment response signal to said electronic system in response thereto, thereby maintaining access to said electronic system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A mobile transceiver and data buffering device for staff and data authentication and capable of sharing digital information with a compatible transceiver device, said transceiver and data buffering device comprising:
-
a. a processor; b. means associated with said processor for receiving an interrogation signal transmitted over a wireless medium from said compatible transceiver device; c. means associated with said processor for transmitting an authenticating response over a wireless medium to said compatible transceiver device, said authenticating response being responsive to said interrogation signal; d. means associated with said processor for receiving intermittent recommitment signals generated by said said compatible transceiver device; and e. means associated with said processor for transmitting a recommitment response signal to said compatible transceiver device in response thereto, thereby maintaining access to said compatible transceiver device.
-
-
14. A controlled-access information system comprising:
-
a. a mobile transceiver and data buffering device for staff and data authentication, said transceiver and data buffering device comprising; a processor; means associated with said processor for receiving an interrogation signal transmitted over a wireless medium from a compatible transceiver device;
means associated with said processor for transmitting an authenticating response over a wireless medium to said compatible transceiver device, said authenticating response being responsive to said interrogation signal;
means associated with said processor for receiving intermittent recommitment signals generated by said said compatible transceiver device; andmeans associated with said processor for transmitting a recommitment response signal to said compatible transceiver device in response thereto; and b. a compatible transceiver device connected to said information system and in communication with said mobile transceiver and data buffering device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
-
-
24. A mobile transceiver and data buffering device for staff and data authentication and communication with a plurality of smart devices, said mobile transceiver and data buffering device comprising:
-
a. means for identifying a wearer of said mobile transceiver and data buffering device; b. a memory for storing information; c. means for receiving information carried on a wireless medium for storage to said memory, whereby said plurality of smart devices may communicate with said mobile transceiver and data buffering device; d. means for transmitting information from said memory over a wireless medium, whereby said mobile transceiver and data buffering device may communicate with said plurality of smart devices; e. means for identifying a first smart device in proximity with said transceiver and data buffering device; f. means for automatically extracting information from said first smart device; g. means for transmitting said information to a data storage device with which said mobile transceiver and data buffering device is in proximity, whereby information contained in a smart device is uploaded substantially automatically to said mobile transceiver and data buffering device, and later downloaded to said data storage device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
-
Specification