Patent ID: 7391331

Claim:
A security alert display system comprising: match indicators, wherein the match indicators are responsive to security alert signals and are configured to display security attributes conveyed by the security alert signals; a first user monitor, wherein the first user monitor is configured to transmit a first response signal comprising first identification information to a presence detector establishing a presence of the first user monitor within a defined space; a second user monitor, wherein the second user monitor is configured to transmit a second response signal comprising second identification information to the presence detector establishing a presence of the second user monitor within the defined space; the presence detector, wherein the presence detector comprises instructions for receiving the identification information from the first and second user monitors and sending the identification information to an information server, wherein the information server comprises: a memory, wherein the memory comprises a first user profile comprising information indicative of a security status of a user of the first user monitor, a second user profile comprising information indicative a security status of a user of the second user monitor; and a location profile indicative of security requirement of defined space; and an information processor, wherein the information processor comprises instructions for: receiving the information establishing the presence of the first and the second user monitors within the defined space; if the first and second user monitors are present, then applying security matching criteria to the first and second user profiles; determining a degree to which the users of the first and second user monitors are permitted to exchange information according to security matching criteria; generating and sending a first security alert signal comprising a first security attribute to a first match indicator and generating and sending a second security alert signal comprising a second security attribute to a second match indicator; wherein the first match indicator is visible to the user of the second user monitor and wherein the first match indicator displays the first security attribute so as to be informative to the user of the second user monitor of a degree to which the users of the first and second user monitors are permitted to exchange information according to the security matching criteria; and wherein the second match indicator is visible to the user of the first user monitor and wherein the second match indicator displays the second security attribute so as to be informative to the user of the first user monitor of a degree to which the users of the first and second user monitors are permitted to exchange information according to the security matching criteria.