Patent ID: 7019644

Claim:
A system for monitoring the location of and providing security for persons in a facility having entrances at which ingress to and egress from said facility is controlled, said monitoring system comprising: a plurality of first transmitters, one of said first transmitters being assigned and attached to each person to be monitored and tracked within said facility, each of said first transmitters transmitting a unique identification signal; a plurality of first receivers placed around said facility for receiving said unique identification signals transmitted by ones of said first transmitters; a second receiver being located with each of the plurality of first transmitters; means associated with said plurality of first receivers for processing said identification signals received by multiple ones of said first receivers to locate and store the physical location of said persons in said facility; a plurality of video cameras placed around inside said facility, each video camera providing a video output signal showing a portion of the interior of said facility in its view; a plurality of communication stations distributed around said facility; at least one video display with each of the plurality of communication stations; a second transmitter for transmitting signals to ones of the second receivers, wherein said second transmitter can be enabled from ones of said communication stations to send a signal to selected ones of said second receivers; and said processing means determining which video camera has each person in its view in order to provide a video image of any specific person on said video display when requested.