Telephone-based personnel tracking system
October 11, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesRapid response health care communications system Automatic personnel monitoring system Time clock system including scheduling payroll and productivity analysis capability Method and apparatus for addressee location Secure dial access to computer systems Customer definable integrated voice/data call transfer technique Direct telephone dial ordering service System and method for processing telephone communication Patent #: 5077788 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 728921 filed on 10/11/1996US Classes:705/7, Operations research379/88.21, Caller identification received at substation379/913, PERSON LOCATOR OR PERSON-SPECIFIC705/32Time accounting (time and attendance, monitoring billable hours)ExaminersPrimary: Weinhardt, Robert A.Foreign Patent References
International ClassG06F 017/60AbstractA 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.Field of SearchAUTOMATED ELECTRICAL FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS PRACTICE OR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTAccounting Time accounting (time and attendance, monitoring billable hours) Operations research Staff scheduling or task assignment Job performance analysis SYSTEMS CONTROLLED BY DATA BEARING RECORDS Operations analysis Time analysis Personnel identification (e.g., biometrics) PERSON LOCATOR OR PERSON-SPECIFIC Having transmission of a digital message signal over a telephone line Digital Automatic Number Identification (ANI) Call source identification Caller identification received at substation | |
