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US 11,232,387 B2Granted
Time and attendance system suitable for large or mobile work forces
AssigneeAlt236, LLC
InventorsOliver Von Troll, Cheryl L. Doel, Vardan Karapetyan, Yerem Khalatyan
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Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for managing and monitoring productivity on subjects within one or more worksites is disclosed. The system includes a computing device, and in some embodiments a wearable device, configured to collect data associated with an employee on the one or more worksites in real-time in addition to verifying the identity of an employee based on images of the employee captured on the worksite within a geofence in order to prevent fraudulent clocking in/out. The collected data is utilized to track the productivity or lack thereof of the employee on the worksite.
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A method comprising:
- defining, via a server communicatively coupled to a first computing device including a power source associated with a first employee, a geofence configured to be allocated to a worksite associated with the first employee;
- receiving, via the server, a plurality of employee specific (ES) data associated with the first employee and a second employee, wherein the plurality of ES data includes at least haptic data collected by the first computing device and a second computing device associated with the second employee;
- verifying, via the server, an identity of the first employee based on the plurality of ES data;
- determining, via the server, whether the first employee is performing a first task and the second employee is performing a second task based on the plurality of employee specific (ES) data acquired within the geofence for a predetermined period of time;
- wherein the plurality of ES data is incrementally stored in an offline employment activity reservoir configured to reduce power consumption of the power source during collection and transmission of the plurality of ES data;
- and
- analyzing, via the server, whether the first computing device is in the possession of the first employee based on the determining step.
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A system comprising:
- a first computing device associated with a first employee;
- a second computing device associated with a second employee;
- and
- a server configured to:
- define a geofence configured to be allocated to a worksite associated with the first employee and the second employee;
- receive a plurality of employee specific (ES) data, wherein the plurality of ES data includes at least haptic data collected by the first and second computing devices;
- verify an identity of the first employee based on the plurality of ES data;
- determine whether the first employee is performing a first task the second employee is performing a second task based on the plurality of employee specific (ES) data acquired within the geofence for a predetermined period of time;
- wherein the plurality of ES data is incrementally stored in an offline employment activity reservoir configured to reduce power consumption of the power source during collection and transmission of the plurality of ES data;
- and
- analyze whether the first computing device is in the possession of the first employee based on the determination.
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A wearable device comprising:
- a processor, a power source, and supporting circuitry configured to:
- collect a plurality of employee specific (ES) data associated with a first employee in possession of the wearable device;
- transmit, to a server communicatively coupled to the wearable device, the plurality of employee specific (ES) data associated with the first employee, wherein the plurality of ES data includes at least haptic data;
- receive, from the server, an indicator that the first employee is within a geofence defined by the server;
- receive, from the server, a verification of the identity of the first employee based on the plurality of ES data;
- determine whether the first employee is performing a first task based on the plurality of employee specific (ES) data acquired by the wearable device within the geofence for a predetermined period of time;
- wherein the plurality of ES data is incrementally stored in an offline employment activity reservoir configured to reduce power consumption of the power source during collection and transmission of the plurality of ES data;
- and
- receive, from the server, a determination that the first employee is in possession of the wearable device based on the plurality of ES data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.