Systems and methods for job site management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9892294-B2
Application number	US-201313800922-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2013
Priority date	Mar 13, 2013
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

Abstract

Systems and methods for job site management, such as those, for example, configured validate a worker, clock-in a worker, clock-out a worker, detect a geographic location of a worker, provide information relating to a worker, and the like.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for validating, and for enabling a consumer to verify an identity of, a worker having a badge, comprising:
said badge, comprising an identifier configured to associate the badge with information relating to a worker in the system; and
one or more processors configured to:
determine whether to validate the worker having the badge after a consumer device that is carried by the consumer, geographically remote from the one or more processors and connected to a different local network than the one or more processors, interfaces with the identifier and sends a signal relating to the identifier;
clock-in the worker having the badge if the system receives a first signal relating to the identifier from a worker device carried by the worker having the badge;
clock-out the worker having the badge if the system receives a second signal relating to the identifier from the worker device; and
at least one of:
provide, prior to the worker clocking out, one or more of text, numbers, and an image from a worker database relating to the worker for display on at least one of the consumer and worker devices; and
cause one or more of text, numbers, and an image to be displayed on at least one of the consumer and worker devices that was input into the system by the worker.

2. The system of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are configured to determine whether to validate a worker by comparing information linked to the identifier with information in the system.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising a scheduling database coupled to the one or more processors and comprising information relating to a schedule of a worker, and where the one or more processors are configured to determine whether to validate a worker by comparing information linked to the identifier with information in the scheduling database.

4. The system of claim 1 , where the identifier comprises a matrix bar code.

5. The system of claim 1 , where the identifier comprises a radio frequency identification tag.

6. The system of claim 1 , the one or more processors being configured to clock-out the worker having the badge if the system receives the second signal relating to the identifier from the worker device, where the second signal from the worker device represents the same information as the first signal.

7. The system of claim 1 , where the system is configured to detect the time at which the first signal from the worker device is received.

8. The system of claim 7 , where the system is configured to detect the time at which the second signal from the worker device is received.

9. The system of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are further configured to detect the worker's geographic location based on a signal received from the consumer device or the worker device.

10. The system of claim 1 , further configured such that if the system receives a signal from the consumer device, the system provides information relating to the worker to the worker device.

11. A system for validating, and for enabling a consumer to verify an identity of, a worker having a badge, comprising:
said badge comprising an identifier configured to associate the badge with information stored in a worker database and relating to a worker in the system; and
one or more processors configured to:
determine whether to validate the worker having the badge after a consumer device that is carried by the consumer, geographically remote from the one or more processors and connected to a different local network than the one or more processors, interfaces with the identifier and sends a signal relating to the identifier;
detect the worker's geographic location based on a signal received from a worker device carried by the worker having the badge;
provide for display on the consumer device prior to the worker clocking out, at least a portion of the information from the worker database relating to the worker that is sufficient to enable the consumer to verify the identity of the worker, the provided information including at least an image of the worker in the system; and
cause the consumer device to display the provided information that the worker inputted into the system.

12. The system of claim 11 , where the information relating to a worker comprises at least one of name, age, address, employer affiliations, contractor affiliations, licenses, certifications, background checks, educational history, and employment history.

13. The system of claim 11 , where the one or more processors are configured to determine whether to validate a worker by comparing information linked to the identifier with information in the system.

14. The system of claim 13 , further comprising a scheduling database coupled to the one or more processors and comprising information relating to a schedule of a worker, and where the one or more processors are configured to determine whether to validate a worker by comparing information linked to the identifier with information in the scheduling database.

15. The system of claim 11 , where the system is configured to detect the time at which the signal from the worker device is received.

16. The system of claim 11 , where the one or more processors are further configured to:
clock-in the worker having the badge if the system receives a first signal relating to the identifier from the worker device; and
clock-out the worker having the badge if the system receives a second signal relating to the identifier from the worker device.

17. The system of claim 11 , further configured such that if the system receives a signal from the consumer device, the system provides information relating to the worker to the worker device.

18. A system for validating, and for enabling a consumer to verify an identity of, a worker having a badge, comprising:
said badge, comprising an identifier configured to associate the badge with information stored in a worker database and relating to a worker in the system;
a scheduling database comprising information relating to a schedule of the worker in the system;
one or more processors coupled to the scheduling database and configured to:
receive a signal relating to the identifier after a consumer device that is carried by the consumer, geographically remote from the one or more processors and connected to a different local network than the one or more processors, interfaces with the identifier;
determine whether to validate the worker having the badge, wherein determining whether to validate the worker having the badge includes comparing information linked to the identifier with information in the scheduling database;
detect the geographic location of the worker having the badge based on a signal received from a worker device carried by the worker having the badge;
provide for display on the first device prior to the worker clocking out, at least a portion of the information from the worker database relating to the worker that is sufficient to enable the consumer to verify the identity of the worker, the information including at least an image of the worker in the system;
cause the consumer device to display the received information that the worker inputted into the system; and
provide the at least a portion of the information from the worker database relating to the worker that is sufficient to enable the consumer to verify the identity of the worker to the worker device.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the at least a portion of the information from the worker database relating to the worker that is

Assignees

• Home Depot Product Authority Llc

Inventors

• Mullaly Mark
• Burrow Kathryn
• Green Larissa

Classifications

• G07C1/10

  together with the recording, indicating or registering of other data, e.g. of signs of identity · CPC title

• G07C1/14

  with apparatus adapted for use with individual cards · CPC title

• G06K7/10366 Primary

  the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications · CPC title

• G06Q20/382

  insuring higher security of transaction · CPC title

• G06Q10/1053 Primary

  Employment or hiring · CPC title