Systems and methods for personnel monitoring and management

• US 8,359,221 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2010
• Issued: 01/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitesh Gala
• Original Assignee: Mitesh Gala
• Inventors: Gala, Mitesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Rines, David
• Application Number:
  US12/794,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20100312606A1
• Time in Patent Office: 963 Days
• Field of Search: 705 711- 742
• US Class Current: 705/7.16
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1091 Recording time for administrative or management purposes

Abstract

The systems and methods for providing an integrated means for monitoring, managing and auditing employees performance at a workplace or job site, such as monitoring the time worked by the employees, ensuring employee compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and coordinating and assigning duties to be performed by the employees. Each employee may be provided with a mobile wireless device in communication with the system to provide alerts of potential or actual violations, notifications of any change in duties or position, and notification of time clock status (i.e., time to take a break, time to clock in, etc.).

Claims

1. A computer system for monitoring and managing an employee at a workplace, the computer system comprising:

an electronic memory storage configured to store modules;

a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising;

an employee identification module configured to receive employee identification data, perform a comparison of the received employee identification data with stored credential data of the employee, and determine whether or not to grant the employee access to the system;

a scheduling module configured to receive time data from the employee related to an employee clock-in time and an employee clock-out time, wherein the employee clock-in time indicates an employee start time for working and the clock-out time indicates an employee stop time for working; and

a compliance module configured to access applicable regulations from a regulations database, the compliance module further configured to determine whether the employee is in compliance with the applicable regulations, wherein the applicable regulations comprise a frequency of breaks and a length of breaks required,

wherein the scheduling module and compliance module are further configured to communicate with each other to determine whether the employee is required to take a break at a point in time based on the received time data and applicable regulations,

wherein the scheduling module, based on the determination that the employee is required to take a break, is further configured to electronically transmit an alert to the employee to take a break,

wherein the scheduling module, based on the determination that the employee is required to take a break, is further configured to automatically record a clock-out time and prohibit the employee from entering a clock-in time for a duration of the required break.

2. The computer system claim 1, wherein the employee identification module is configured to receive employee identification data from at least one of:

a touch screen, a card reader, a key pad, a biometric identification device, or combinations thereof.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the applicable regulations comprises government workplace regulations.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the applicable regulations comprises business rules.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the applicable regulations comprises government workplace regulations and business rules.

6. The computer system of claim 1, further comprising a performance module configured to assign additional tasks to the employee based on the determination that the employee is not required to take a break.

7. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the performance module is further configured not to assign additional tasks to the employee based on the determination that the employee is required to take a break.

8. The computer system of claim 1, further comprising a display module configured to graphically present on a display hardware to a manager whether the employee is in compliance with the applicable regulations.

9. The computer system of claim 1, further comprising a display module configured to graphically present on a display hardware whether a plurality of employees are in compliance with the applicable regulations.

10. The computer system of claim 1, further comprising a display module configured to graphically present on a display hardware to the employee whether the employee is in compliance with the applicable regulations.

11. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the scheduling module, based on the determination that the employee is required to take a break, is further configured to electronically transmit an alert to a user that the employee is required to take a break.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the alert is a visual alert.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the alert is an audible alert.

14. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the scheduling module and compliance module are further configured to communicate with each other to determine when the employee is required to take a break at a point in time based on the received time data and applicable regulations, and wherein the scheduling module is further configured to electronically transmit an alert to a user that a required break is approaching.

15. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the computer system comprises one or more computing devices.