RFID-based personnel tracking
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for RFID-based personnel tracking. A method of tracking employees includes, in a first computer system, prompting a user for identification input, validating the identification input, receiving data from a first scan of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag upon initiation of a task, receiving data from a second scan of the RFID tag upon termination of the task, and uploading the identification input and the data of the first and second scans to a second computer system for storage and correlation.
1. An employee tracking system comprising:
a Radio Frequency Identification tag associated with a fixed location;
a portable computer system for:
prompting a user for identification input;
validating the identification input;
receiving data from a first scan of the Radio Frequency Identification tag upon initiation of a task; and
receiving data from a second scan of the Radio Frequency Identification tag upon termination of the task; and
a remote computer system for receiving, storing and correlating the identification input and the data of the first and second scans.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the portable computer system includes a Radio Frequency Identification tag reader.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the portable computer system is a pocket personal computer with a Radio Frequency Identification tag reader plug-in.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the data from the first and second scans include data representing a date and time.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the data from the first and second scans include a site identification.