RFID-based personnel tracking

• US 7,477,154 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2006
• Issued: 01/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: HealthWyse LLC (Casamba LLC)
• Original Assignee: HealthWyse LLC (Casamba LLC)
• Inventors: Braunstein, Andrew Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): GOINS, DAVETTA WOODS
• Application Number:
  US11/346,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20070176779A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,076 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/573.4, 340/572.1, 340/572.2, 340/5.2, 340/5.21, 340/5.7, 340/5.61, 340/825.49, 340/5.92, 340/10.1, 235/377, 235/385, 235/472.01, 235/375, 235/487
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• 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. An employee tracking system comprising:

a Radio Frequency Identification tag associated with a fixed location;

a portable computer system for;

prompting a user for identification input;

validating the identification input;

receiving data from a first scan of the Radio Frequency Identification tag upon initiation of a task; and

receiving data from a second scan of the Radio Frequency Identification tag upon termination of the task; and

a remote computer system for receiving, storing and correlating the identification input and the data of the first and second scans.

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

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the portable computer system is 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 1 wherein the data from the first and second scans include a site identification.