Patent ID: 7796027

Claim:
A method for providing management reports through location based human logistics comprising: (a) providing each of the personnel whose movements are to be reported with an article of footwear, said article of footwear including self-contained means for determining the location of said article of footwear, said means for determining the location of said article of footwear comprising a GPS receiver within said article of footwear, and for selectively reporting said location to a central monitoring station upon demand; (b) providing a central monitoring station which monitors the location of each of the managed personnel; (c) programming triggering events at said central monitoring station responsive to the location of each of said managed personnel, whereby data will be collected at said central monitoring station with respect to each of such triggering events; (d) providing switch means comprising a switch on each said article of footwear whereby the individual wearing such footwear can selectively disable said means for determining the location of said article of footwear and/or said means for selectively reporting said location to a central monitoring station upon demand, whereby the individual wearing such footwear can disable its ability to report location data to said central monitoring station; and (e) providing management reports based on said triggering events which were programmed at said central monitoring station.