Patent ID: 9020848
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06Q,G07C,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of tracking an employee at work where the work is performed in at least one work zone, comprising the steps: inputting a work schedule for the employee; tracking, via at least one low energy device, an employee's location within the at least one work zone, wherein the employee's location is determined by scanning, via a mobile device associated with the employee, for a wireless signal emitted from the at least one low energy device, wherein the wireless signal indicates the location of the employee within the at least one work zone, and wherein the at least one work zone has predefined boundaries detectable via a low energy device; retrieving, via the mobile device, the work schedule from a server connected to the mobile device via a network; in response to the wireless signal detected by the employee's mobile device, automatically clocking in if the employee is currently scheduled to work according to the work schedule; recording a work time spent by the employee in the at least one work zone during the work schedule; and reporting the recorded work time.