Patent ID: 7123149
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G08B

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring assets and personnel associated with a business enterprise, comprising: a materials tagging subsystem comprising: RFID tags placed on items of property, mobile scanners for querying the tags and receiving tag data, a materials database for storing materials data, and remote materials programming for collecting the materials data, wherein the mobile scanners are in wireless data communication with the materials programming; a tools tagging subsystem having: RFID tags placed on items of property, portal scanners for querying the tags and receiving tag data at a portal, a tools database for storing tool data, and remote tools programming for collecting the tool data, wherein the portal scanners are in data communication with the tools programming; a personnel tracking subsystem having: geolocation personnel tracking devices carried by personnel, stationary access points for wirelessly communicating with the tracking devices, a personnel database for storing personnel data, and remote personnel programming for collecting the personnel data, wherein the stationary access points are in data communication with the personnel programming; wherein the personnel tracking devices are operable to read RFID tags on tools or materials; wherein each personnel tracking device has at least one sensor for monitoring at least one physiological condition of the personnel, at least one of the physiological conditions being selected from the group: temperature, movement, or breathing; a command and control subsystem for integrating the materials programming and database, the tools programming and database, and the personnel programming and database; wherein the command and control subsystem has at least one monitoring station for receiving RFID data from the materials tagging subsystem, the tools tagging subsystem, and the personnel tracking subsystem; wherein the command and control system is operable to associate a specified personnel with at least one tool, a location, and a physiological status by receiving data from a personnel tracking device carried by that personnel; and wherein the command and control system is further operable to activate an alert process based on sensor data from a personnel tracking device.