Real time automatic headcount system
OwnerRichard B. Mitchellinventor
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Abstract
A real time automatic headcount system is configured with a portable transmitter operated by a crisis coordinator and operable to output an alert signal which is received by a plurality of receivers which are coupled to respective persons associated with a crisis-event site. The receivers each generate an acknowledgement signal transmitted via a central processing unit to the transmitter. Upon receiving the acknowledgement signal, the central processing unit is operable to update a check list of all person associated with the crisis-event site, identify those who have not been accounted for and implement back up procedures for locating and accounting for the previously unaccounted for persons in real time.
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A real time automatic headcount system comprising:
- a checklist stored in an electronic database, the checklist including a name and a unique identifier of persons expected to be at a given;
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- a computer controlled alert notification system having a central processing unit operable to generate a first alert signal upon the occurrence of a crisis event affecting a site such that an alert signal is transmitted to persons on the checklist wherein each said alerted person has a receiving device capable of receiving the first alert signal and transmitting an acknowledgement signal indicating that the person has been informed about the crisis event whereby upon receiving an acknowledgment signal the notification system is further operable to update the checklist for each person that sent an acknowledgment signal as being accounted for and to transmit a second alert signal to each person that has been accounted for on the checklist whereby the second alert signal solicits information about at least one person on the checklist who has not been accounted for.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement operations, the operations comprising:
- maintaining a checklist of persons, including employees, visitors, and contractors, expected to be present at a site at any given moment;
- transmitting a first alert signal indicative of a crisis event to a plurality of receivers each associated with a single person on the checklist;
- receiving an acknowledgement signal from at least one receiver in response to the first alert signal, the acknowledgement signal indicating that the person associated with the one receiver has been informed about the crisis event;
- updating a status of the person as accounted for on the checklist;
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- transmitting a second alert signal to each person that has been accounted for on the checklist, wherein the second message solicits information about at least one individual who has not been accounted for on the checklist
A processor-implemented method for conducting an automatic headcount during a crisis event, comprising:
- maintaining, by a processor, a checklist of persons, including employees, visitors, and contractors, expected to be present at a site at any given moment;
- transmitting, by a processor, a first alert signal indicative of a crisis event to a plurality of receivers each associated with a single person on the checklist;
- receiving, by a processor, an acknowledgement signal from at least one receiver in response to the first alert signal, the acknowledgement signal indicating that the person associated with the one receiver has been informed about the crisis event;
- updating, by a processor, a status of the person as accounted for on the checklist;
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- transmitting, by a processor, a second alert signal to each person that has been accounted for on the checklist, wherein the second message solicits information about at least one individual who has not been accounted for on the checklist.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.