Patent ID: 6779721
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
A method of managing personnel security for a plurality of different client companies from a centralized security company, the method comprising:obtaining screening data from a plurality of different outside companies and their employees, where the screening data is obtained to screen the outside companies and their employees to determine whether the outside companies and their employees should be granted physical access to facilities of the client companies; performing background checks on the outside companies and their employees based on the screening data, where the background checks are initiated by the security company using a computer-based system operated and maintained by the security company; producing security badges for employees of the outside companies upon successful completion of background checks for those employees; and conducting periodic communications between the computer-based security system of the security company and distributed electronic security systems deployed at the client companies, where such periodic communications are conducted to upload activity data to the security company, and where the activity data pertains to activity occurring at access points within the physical locations of the client companies.