Telephone-based personnel tracking system
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of tracking employees and generating employee reports, the method comprising:
- receiving telephone calls by a computer system from calling telephones located at various work sites;
detecting data which precedes the telephone calls that indicates the calling number;
receiving from the calling telephones employee identification codes, wherein each code identifies a respective calling employee;
providing an employee identification code data base containing valid employee codes;
verifying the employee identification codes being received from the calling telephones against the valid employee identification codes stored in the employee identification code data base;
creating telephone call records of incoming calls and stamping each said telephone call record with a time; and
generating a report containing information contained in said telephone call records.
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Abstract
A computer system includes hardware for interfacing with the public telephone network and for accepting incoming telephone calls. The computer system detects from the incoming telephone calls automatic number identification data (ANI data), such as Caller-ID data, which identifies the calling telephone and further accepts personal identification codes from the caller. The system generates reports of the incoming telephone calls in which reports the location of the calling telephone is correlated with the person who is making the telephone call. Preferably, the system is applied for recording remotely, through the telephone network, the arrival and departure times of field based employees at various work sites.
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1. A method of tracking employees and generating employee reports, the method comprising:
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receiving telephone calls by a computer system from calling telephones located at various work sites; detecting data which precedes the telephone calls that indicates the calling number; receiving from the calling telephones employee identification codes, wherein each code identifies a respective calling employee; providing an employee identification code data base containing valid employee codes; verifying the employee identification codes being received from the calling telephones against the valid employee identification codes stored in the employee identification code data base; creating telephone call records of incoming calls and stamping each said telephone call record with a time; and generating a report containing information contained in said telephone call records. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for tracking employees and generating employee reports, comprising:
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a computer system; means for coupling said computer system to a telephone network; means for receiving telephone calls by said computer system from calling telephones located at various work sites; means for detecting data which precedes the telephone calls that indicates the calling number; means for receiving from the calling telephones employee identification codes, wherein each code identifies a respective calling employee; an employee identification code data base containing valid employee codes; means for verifying the employee identification codes being received from the calling telephones against the valid employee identification codes stored in the employee identification code data base; means for creating telephone call records of incoming calls and stamping each said telephone call record with a time; and means for generating a report containing information contained in said telephone call records. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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