Patent ID: 7336181

Claim:
A system for monitoring assets and personnel associated with a business enterprise, comprising: 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; wherein each personnel tracking device has at least one sensor for monitoring at least one physiological feature of the personnel; a command and control subsystem for integrating 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 tools tagging subsystem and the personnel tracking subsystem.