Time and attendance system suitable for large or mobile work forces
AssigneeAlt 236 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, by a server, a geofence corresponding to a worksite on which a first employee is assigned to work, the first employee assigned a first computing device that is operable to collect first employee specific (ES) data and communicate the first ES data to a server;
- wherein, when the first computing device lacks communicative coupling to the server, the first ES data collected by the first computing device is incrementally stored in an offline employment activity reservoir configured to reduce power consumption of the power source of the first computing device during collection of the first ES data, wherein the first communication device transmits stored ES data only upon subsequently being capable of communicating with the server;
- receiving, at the server, the first ES data collected by the computing device, wherein the first ES data collected by the first computing device includes at least first haptic data collected by the first computing device;
- determining, via the server, that the first employee is not performing a task assigned to the first employee based on the first ES data collected from the first computing device at the server, wherein the first ES data collected is acquired within the geofence for a predetermined period of time;
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- responsive to the server determining that the first employee is not performing the task, the server generating a notification at an employer side user interface of the server.
A system comprising:
- a first computing device, including a power source, that is associated with a first employee and that collects employee specific (ES) data and which transmits the ES data that is collected, wherein the ES data collected by the first computing device is incrementally stored in an offline employment activity reservoir configured to reduce power consumption of the power source of the first computing device during collection and transmission of the ES data;
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- a server configured to:
- define a geofence configured to be allocated to a worksite associated with the first employee;
- receive ES data collected by the first computing device, wherein the ES data collected by the first computing device include a at least haptic data collected by the first computing device;
- determine whether the first computing device is in the possession of the first employee based on the ES data collected by the first computing device;
- generate a notification at an employer side user interface in response to the server determining that the first computing device is not in possession of the first employee;
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- wherein, the first computing device stores the ES data when the first computing device lacks communicative coupling to the server, and transmits the stored ES data only upon subsequently being capable of communicating with the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.