Telephone-based personnel tracking system

Claim 1

A method for tracking employees and generating employee reports, the method comprising: receiving telephone calls by a computer system from calling telephones located at various work sites; detecting calling number identification (Caller ID) data which precedes the telephone calls, said Caller ID data operating in a manner of ANI information for the identifying telephones; receiving from each of the calling telephones calling employee identification data which identifies a calling employee; providing an employee identification data base containing valid employee identification data; verifying the calling employee identification data against the data stored in the employee identification data base; creating telephone call records of incoming calls and stamping each telephone call record with a time and date mark; and generating a report containing information which defines for each telephone call record the location from which the telephone call was received based on said Caller ID data, the time and date of the telephone call and the identity of the employee.

Claim 2

A method for tracking employees and generating employee reports, the method comprising: receiving telephone calls by a computer system from calling telephones located at various work sites; detecting calling number identification (Caller ID) data which precedes the telephone calls, said Caller ID data operating in a manner of ANI information for the identifying telephones; receiving from each of the calling telephones calling employee identification data which identifies a calling employee; providing an employee identification data base containing valid employee identification data; verifying the calling employee identification data against the data stored in the employee identification data base; creating telephone call records of incoming calls and stamping each telephone call record with a time and date mark; and generating a report containing information which defines for each telephone call record the location from which the telephone call was received based on said Caller ID data, the time and date of the telephone call and the identity of the employee.

Claim 15

A system for tracking the arrival and departure times of employees at various work sites, the system comprising: a computer system and means for coupling the computer system to the telephone network; means for receiving telephone calls from calling telephones at the computer and for detecting calling number identification data which precedes the telephone calls; means for receiving from the calling telephones calling employee identification data, wherein each calling employee identification data defines a given employee and is generated by a device for generating data which defines particularized characteristics of the calling employee; an employee identification data base containing valid employee identification data; means for verifying said calling employee identification data against said identification data base and accepting valid telephone calls; a telephone location data base containing information relating ANI (Automatic Number Identification) data to the locations of the telephones; means for creating a computer record of each accepted telephone call and for stamping each telephone record with a time and a date and means for creating a report containing information which defines the locations from which the telephone calls were made, the time and date of the telephone calls, and the identity of the telephone caller.

Claim 16

A system for tracking the arrival and departure times of employees at various work sites, the system comprising: a computer system and means for coupling the computer system to the telephone network; means for receiving telephone calls from calling telephones at the computer and for detecting calling number identification data which precedes the telephone calls; means for receiving from the calling telephones calling employee identification data, wherein each calling employee identification data defines a given employee and is generated by a device for generating data which defines particularized characteristics of the calling employee; an employee identification data base containing valid employee identification data; means for verifying said calling employee identification data against said identification data base and accepting valid telephone calls; a telephone location data base containing information relating ANI (Automatic Number Identification) data to the locations of the telephones; means for creating a computer record of each accepted telephone call and for stamping each telephone record with a time and a date and means for creating a report containing information which defines the locations from which the telephone calls were made, the time and date of the telephone calls, and the identity of the telephone caller.