Employee card, employee information management method and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11017282-B2
Application number	US-201916613381-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	Mar 20, 2018
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

An employee card, an employee information management method and system are disclosed. The employee card includes a communication unit and a display screen coupled to the communication unit. The communication unit is configured to receive, according to a distinguishable identifier of the employee card, employee-related information corresponding to the distinguishable identifier. The display screen is configured to obtain the employee-related information from the communication unit and display the employee-related information. The employee-related information includes at least one of following information: an employee name, an employee job title, an employee job code, or a department to which an employee belongs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An employee card, comprising: a communication unit, a display screen coupled to the communication unit, a display driver circuit, a control unit, a built-in integrated circuit (IC), a clock chip, a storage chip and a peripheral interface, wherein,
the communication unit is configured to receive, according to a distinguishable identifier of the employee card, employee-related information corresponding to the distinguishable identifier;
the display screen is configured to obtain the employee-related information from the communication unit and display the employee-related information, wherein the employee-related information comprises at least one of following information: an employee name, an employee job title, an employee job code, or a department to which an employee belongs; and
the display screen is coupled to the display driver circuit, the display driver circuit is coupled to the peripheral interface, and the peripheral interface is coupled to the control unit;
the communication unit is coupled to the control unit;
the built-in IC is coupled to the clock chip and the storage chip;
the control unit is coupled to the peripheral interface and the built-in IC,
wherein the employee-related information further comprises a contact list, and the employee card further comprises a touch driver circuit and a touch screen coupled to the touch driver circuit;
the communication unit is configured to establish a communication connection between the employee card and other employee card, and push information selected from the contact list to the other employee card according to touch operation information from the touch screen; and
the touch screen overlies the display screen, and the touch screen is coupled to the control unit via the touch driver circuit, and is configured to receive the touch operation information for selecting the information from the contact list and pushing the information.

2. The employee card according to claim 1 , wherein,
the communication unit is further configured to receive a notification message from a base station; and
the display screen is further configured to obtain the notification message from the communication unit and display the notification message.

3. The employee card according to claim 1 , wherein the display screen is an electrophoretic ink (E-ink) screen.

4. The employee card according to claim 1 , wherein the clock chip is configured to switch the employee card to a low power mode in a case that it is determined that there is no operation or data update in the employee card for a preset time duration.

5. The employee card according to claim 1 , wherein the communication unit comprises a communication circuit or a communication chip, and the control unit comprises a processor or a microcontroller unit (MCU); the storage chip is configured to store the distinguishable identifier of the employee card, the employee-related information corresponding to the distinguishable identifier, and information transmitted by a server or by another employee card; and the control unit is configured to add a name of an enterprise to which the employee belongs, or information for identifying the enterprise into the employee-related information, in a case that there is a demand of enterprise activity.

6. The employee card according to claim 1 , further comprising: a control unit, a clock chip, a storage chip, a touch driver circuit, and a touch screen coupled to the touch driver circuit, wherein, the communication unit is configured to establish a communication connection between the employee card and other employee card, and push information selected from the contact list to the other employee card according to touch operation information from the touch screen; the touch screen overlies the display screen, and the touch screen is coupled to the control unit via the touch driver circuit, and is configured to receive the touch operation information for selecting the information from the contact list and pushing the information; the display screen is an electrophoretic ink (E-ink) screen; the clock chip is configured to switch the employee card to a low power mode in a case that it is determined that there is no operation or data update in the employee card for a preset time duration; and the storage chip is configured to store the distinguishable identifier of the employee card, the employee-related information corresponding to the distinguishable identifier, and information transmitted by a server or other employee card.

7. An employee information management system, comprising: a server and an employee card, wherein,
the server is configured to transmit, according to a distinguishable identifier of the employee card, employee-related information corresponding to the distinguishable identifier, to the employee card;
the employee card comprises a communication unit, a display screen coupled to the communication unit, a display driver circuit, a control unit, a built-in integrated circuit (IC), a clock chip, a storage chip and a peripheral interface, wherein,
the communication unit is configured to receive, according to a distinguishable identifier of the employee card, employee-related information corresponding to the distinguishable identifier;
the display screen is configured to obtain the employee-related information from the communication unit and display the employee-related information, wherein the employee-related information comprises at least one of following information: an employee name, an employee job title, an employee job code, or a department to which an employee belongs; and
the display screen is coupled to the display driver circuit, the display driver circuit is coupled to the peripheral interface, and the peripheral interface is coupled to the control unit;
the communication unit is coupled to the control unit;
the built-in IC is coupled to the clock chip and the storage chip;
the control unit is coupled to the peripheral interface and the built-in IC,
wherein the employee-related information further comprises a contact list, and the employee card further comprises a touch driver circuit and a touch screen coupled to the touch driver circuit;
the communication unit is configured to establish a communication connection between the employee card and other employee card, and push information selected from the contact list to the other employee card according to touch operation information from the touch screen; and
the touch screen overlies the display screen, and the touch screen is coupled to the control unit via the touch driver circuit, and is configured to receive the touch operation information for selecting the information from the contact list and pushing the information.

8. The employee information management system according to claim 7 , further comprising: a base station; wherein,
the server is further configured to transmit a notification message to the base station;
the base station is configured to receive the notification message from the server and transmit the notification message to at least one employee card;
the communication unit is further configured to receive the notification message from the base station; and
the display screen is further configured to obtain the notification message from the communication unit and display the notification message.

9. The employee information management system according to claim 8 , wherein,
the base station is further configured to determine a received signal strength of the communication unit of the at least one employee card and feed back the received signal strength to the server; and
the server is further configured to determine, according to the received signal strength, at least one of position i

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Feng Feng

Classifications

• G06F3/147

  using display panels · CPC title

• G06Q10/105

  Human resources · CPC title

• G06K19/07701 Primary

  the record carrier comprising an interface suitable for human interaction · CPC title

• G09G2380/04

  Electronic labels · CPC title

• G09F9/37 Primary

  being movable elements (G09F9/302 takes precedence) · CPC title