RFID-based personnel tracking
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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.
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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.
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1. A method of tracking employees comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of tracking comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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