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(12) Demande de brevet: (11) CA 2086900
(54) Titre français: SYSTEME ET METHODE D'ENREGISTREMENT DE PRESENCE OU DE GESTION DES ACCES
(54) Titre anglais: TIME AND ATTENDANCE OR CONTROLLED ACCESS REPORTING SYSTEM MEANS AND METHOD
Statut: Réputée abandonnée et au-delà du délai pour le rétablissement - en attente de la réponse à l’avis de communication rejetée
Données bibliographiques
(51) Classification internationale des brevets (CIB):
  • G07C 1/32 (2006.01)
  • G07C 1/10 (2006.01)
(72) Inventeurs :
  • BIANCO, JAMES S. (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
(73) Titulaires :
  • JAMES S. BIANCO
(71) Demandeurs :
(74) Agent: OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP
(74) Co-agent:
(45) Délivré:
(22) Date de dépôt: 1993-01-07
(41) Mise à la disponibilité du public: 1993-07-08
Licence disponible: S.O.
Cédé au domaine public: S.O.
(25) Langue des documents déposés: Anglais

Traité de coopération en matière de brevets (PCT): Non

(30) Données de priorité de la demande:
Numéro de la demande Pays / territoire Date
817,667 (Etats-Unis d'Amérique) 1992-01-07

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Abrégé anglais


ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
In a preferred embodiment, a system for time and
attendance or other controlled access, which includes: a
portable electronic memory device; and a time clock terminal
to which the portable electronic memory device may be
temporarily operatively attached by a user thereof, the
portable electronic memory device having stored therein use
restrictions as to the use of the portable electronic memory
device; and the time clock terminal including means to
determine whether or not the use restrictions are
satisfied. The time clock terminal may record in the
portable memory device the times of use. The holder of the
portable memory device may temporarily attach the portable
memory device to the time clock terminal and use the time
clock terminal to display information stored in the portable
memory device.

Revendications

Note : Les revendications sont présentées dans la langue officielle dans laquelle elles ont été soumises.


TIME AND ATTENDANCE OR CONTROLLED ACCESS...... PATENT
Inventor: James S. Bianco 108-136
I claim:
1. A system for controlled access, comprising:
(a) a portable electronic memory device;
(b) a time clock terminal to which said portable
electronic memory device may be temporarily
operatively attached by a user thereof;
(c) said portable electronic memory device having
stored therein use restrictions as to the use of
said portable electronic memory device; and
(d) said time clock terminal includes means to
determine whether or not said use restrictions are
satisfied.
2. A system, as defined in Claim 1, further
comprising;
(e) a real time clock; And
(f) means to access said real time clock and to record
in said memory device the real time at which said
memory device is temporarily operatively attached
to said time clock terminal.
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TIME AND ATTENDANCE OR CONTROLLED ACCESS...... PATENT
Inventor: James S. Bianco 108-136
3. A system, as defined in Claim 1, wherein said use
restrictions include valid periods of use of said portable
electronic memory device.
4. A system, as defined in Claim 1, wherein said
portable electronic memory device includes recorded therein
information identifying said user.
5. A system, as defined in Claim 1, wherein said
portable electronic memory device is disposed on an
identification card.
6. A system, as defined in Claim 1, wherein said
portable electronic memory device is attachable to 4
keychain.
7. A system, as defined in Claim 2, wherein said
time clock terminal includes means to indicate to said user
the time information recorded in said portable electronic
memory device.
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TIME AND ATTENDANCE OR CONTROLLED ACCESS...... PATENT
Inventor: James S. Bianco 108-136
8. A system, as defined in Claim 1, wherein:
(a) said portable electronic memory device includes a
"touch memory"; and
(b) said time clock terminal includes thereon a "touch
sensor" to which said touch memory may be
temporarily operatively attached.
9. A method for providing controlled access,
comprising:
(a) temporarily attaching a portable electronic memory
device to a time clock terminal; and
(b) said time clock terminal determining whether or
not use restrictions stored in said portable
electronic memory device are satisfied.
10. A method, as defined in Claim 9, further
comprising: said time clock terminal recording in said
memory device the real time at which said portable
electronic memory device is temporarily operatively attached
to said time clock terminal.
11. A method, as defined in Claim 9, further
comprising: verifying use restrictions including valid
periods of use of said portable electronic memory device.
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TIME AND ATTENDANCE OR CONTROLLED ACCESS...... PATENT
Inventor: James S. Bianco 108-136
12. A method, as defined in Claim 9, further
comprising:
(a) recording in said portable electronic memory
device information identifying said user; and
(b) said time clock terminal reading said information.
13. A method, as defined in Claim 9, further
comprising providing said portable electronic memory device
disposed on an identification card.
14. A method, as defined in Claim 9, further
providing said portable electronic memory device attachable
to a keychain.
15. A method, as defined in Claim 10, further
comprising said time clock terminal indicating to a user
thereof time information recorded on said portable
electronic memory device.
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TIME AND ATTENDANCE OR CONTROLLED ACCESS...... PATENT
Inventor: James S. Bianco 108-136
16. A method, as defined in Claim 9, further
comprising:
(a) providing said portable electronic memory device
as a "touch memory"; and
(b) providing on said time clock terminal thereon a
"touch sensor" to which said touch memory may be
temporarily operatively attached.
17. A portable electronic memory device, comprising:
(a) a first memory section having recorded therein
restrictions as to the use of said portable
electronic memory device; and
(b) a second memory section for recording therein data
as to the times of use of said portable electronic
memory device.
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TIME AND ATTENDANCE OR CONTROLLED ACCESS...... PATENT
Inventor: James S. Bianco 108-136
18. A system for controlled access, comprising:
(a) a portable electronic memory device;
(b) a time clock terminal to which said portable
electronic memory device may be temporarily
operatively attached by a user thereof;
(c) a real time clock;
(d) means to access said real time clock and to record
in said memory device the real time at which said
memory device is temporarily operatively attached
to said time clock terminal; and
(e) means to indicate to said user the time
information recorded on said portable electronic
memory device.
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TIME AND ATTENDANCE OR CONTROLLED ACCESS...... PATENT
Inventor: James S. Bianco 108-136
19. A method for recording and reading controlled
access data, comprising:
(a) temporarily attaching a portable electronic memory
device to a time clock terminal;
(b) said time clock terminal recording in said memory
device the real time at which said portable
electronic memory device is temporarily
operatively attached to said time clock terminal;
and;
(c) later attaching said portable electronic memory
device to said time clock terminal; and
(d) said time clock terminal indicating to a user
thereof time information recorded in said portable
electronic memory device.
20. Every novel apparatus, system, method, process,
or article disclosed herein.
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Description

Note : Les descriptions sont présentées dans la langue officielle dans laquelle elles ont été soumises.


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~IME AND AT~N~ANCE OR CONTROLLED ACCESS.............. P~TENT
Inventor: J~me~ S. Bi~nco 108-136
The pr~ent invention rela~e~ to time and attendance
~r controlled ~cce~s reporting generally and, more
p~rticularly, but not by way of limitation~ to a novel
r~porting sy~tem with a grently increa~ed c~pacity ~hich i~
p~rticularly uaeful in tim~ ~nd attendance reporting.
2. ~ackaround Art.
While the pre~ent invention i8 descri~ed with ~peoiflc
referen~e to time and attendance ~y~tems, it will be
understood by tho~e skilled in the art that it i8 applicable
a~ well to ~any other t~pes of controlle~ acces~ r~ituations.
~ ime and attendance ~y~tem~ are widely u~ed in ~
number of w~rkplace situation~ and, in the paet, almo~t
universally employed one or more time clocks into which
employee~ in~erted their time carde when arriving ~t and
leaving work ~nd whr~n takin~ lunch and coffee ~reak~, etc.
T~e clock~ imprinted the time cardQ with the current tlm~,
the c~rds were periodic~lly collected, and ~he information
thereon wa~ manually taken off and u~ed for purpo~es of
paying the employee~ a~d for accumulating ~tati~tic~ data.
More recently, time clo~k~ have been connected to
~lnframe, or ~o~t, comp~ter, the time cards h~ro been
Qlim~nated~ and the emplo~ee3 insert th~ir identiication
cards having ba~ code or magnetic identifying ~tripe~

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nventor: J~meM S. ~ianco 108-136
~hereon into or through a ~lot in a time clock terminQl with
~he time of insertion. The information l~ read by the ti~
~lock t~rminal and tr~n~mitted to -the ho~t comput0r . The
ho~t computer check0 to ~ee that eAch employee i~ ~uthorized
~o be clocking in or out at th~t time, thst the
identification card i8 valid, ~toreY the time information,
and may trans~it a me~a~e to the employ~e on a di~play ~t
the time clock terminal that it i9 the wrong time, or thq
wrong place, or etc. This con~umes a large am~unt of time
of the ho8t computer if any ~i~nificant n~mber~ of employees
are involved, ~ince each empl~yee will likely have ~ix to
ten ~ransaction~ p~r day.
In timekeeping sy~tem~ which handle a relatively l~rge
number of e~ployeea, having the host comp~ter online
oocupie~ too much of the ho~t computer~ B tima, eep~cially
~ince mo~t of the tran~aotion~ oc~r within rel~tivoly ~hort
tlme 8pan~. ~o alleviate thi~ problem, electronic memorie~
have been built into time clock terminal~, called "smart
clock~ nd the employee informatlon i~ downloaded into tho
c~ock~ ~o th~t m~ny of the function~ c~n be perfor~ed
locally. Chan~es in ~cheduling re~triction~ and othe~
information are period~cally downloaded from the host
computer at convenient timc~. Thu~, mainfr~me eomputer tim~
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~'nv~ntor: James S. ~i~nco 10~-136
i~ ~aved ~nd the ~y~t~m c~n be u~ed e~en when the ma~nfr~e
computer i~ out o~ ~ervice.
In m~ny case~, auch memorie~ h~ve limited capacity ~o
stor~ the information required. For e~ch employee, it ia
neces~ary to ~tore information a~ to the v~lidity of the
employee'~ identlfic~tion card. It may be nece~Ary to
~toxe information a~ within what tLme periods an ~mployoe
may clock in and out, which day~ are to be worked by th~
employee, the number o~ hours an employee i~ to work before
before coffee and lunch hreak~, the length of cof ee ~nd
lunch break~, and whether that employee i~ ~uthorized to u~e
that particul~r time clock t~rminal to clock into An
a~ociated dep~rtment or joh ~ite. All the forogoing
~cheduling r~strictions are subject to ch~n~e for
i~dlvidual~ employeee or groupQ of employee~. Additianally,
in a l~rge operation, there may be employees ~t~rting and
~topping work at different time4, which times may
periodically change, part-time employees must be
~commod~ted in ~he ~y~em, therc may be different rule~ ~or
~ion and non-un~on employees ~nd~or ealaried and hourLy
p~id employee~, nnd there may ~e other information re~uired
to be 8tored in the local memory. Of cour~e, there mu~t bo
~uff~cient memory c~paclty to record the time8 of clocking
in and out for each employee. A~ memory capacity increa~e~,

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TlME AND ATTENDANCE OR CONTRO~LE~ ACCES5.............. PAT~N~
I!nven~or: Jame~ 5. ~lanco 108-136
physical ~ize and co~t incre~se, a~ well a~ does the 8i2e of
battery bAckup equipmant lf used.
A~ the amount of lnf~rmation required to be ~tored in
the local memory for ea~h employee hH~ expanded, th~ num~r
of employee~ that can be handled by any one tlme clock
t~rminal h~ decreased. This ha~ re~ulted in the neco3~1ty
t~ a~ign time clock ter~inal~ to employee~. ~hat, in turn,
can ~ecrea~e productivity. For ex~mple, an employee may
h~ve to leave a work a~ignment in a distant part of a
fjcillty in order to clock out on time At the employee~s
as~igned time clock t~rmlnal~
A further di~advantage of conventi~nal time clock
t~rminals i~ that they u~ually requir~ the insertion therein
o9 ~ c~rd ha~ing th~reon ~ magnetic ~tripe or bar code.
Both ~uch ~ypes of i~entifyin~ indicia are subject to
damage, often during the reading pro~ec~, which damage c~n
interfere wi~h the proper re~ding of the indicia.
. Accordingly, it i~ a principal object of the p~esent
invention to p~ovide a ~y~tem for controlled acce~3
reporting that ~ not limited by the memory capability of a
ti~e clock terminal ~nd ca~ ~ervice ~ few or a great n~mbor
of~employee~.
It is another object of the invention to provide ~uch
a by~tem that requires a mlnimum amount of ho~t computer
tl~.
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~IME ~ND ATTENDANCE OR CONT~OLLED ACC~SS...... PATENT
~n~ntor: J~meB 6~ Bi~nco 108-136
It is a further object of t~e invention to provide
~uch a sy~tem that minimize~ the required ~emory ~izs o~
~ime cl~ck terminal~.
an additlonal object of the invention to provid~
~uch A ~y~tem that i8 economical to implement.
It i~ yet another ob~ect of th~ invention to provido
~ch a ~y~tem with which ~n employee can easily verify his
~ecorded information a~ to sctivitie~, scheduling~
restriction~, etc.
It i~ yet another object of the lnvention to provide
identification mean6 that i~ not easily ~cratched or m~rred.
Other objects of the pre~ent inventLon, a~ well a~
pArticular featureR, ele~ent~, And advantage~ thexeo~, w~ll
be elucidated in, or be appArent from, the ~ollowing
de~cription and the ~ccompanying drawing ~lg~r~.
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T~M~5 AND ATT~NDANCE OR CONTROLLED ACCESS.. ~ PA'rENT
In~entor: Jame~ S. ~i~nco 10~-136
~ INV~NTI ON
The present inv~ntion achieYes the above obj~ct 3,
among other~, by providing, in a preferred ernbodiment, a
~y~tem for time and a~tDndAnce or other co~trolled acce~,
compri~ing: a portable electronic memory device; and a timc
clock terminal to which ~aid portable electronic mamory
d~vice muy be temporarily operatively attnched by ~ u~er
thereof, ~id portable electronic memory ~evice havlng
8tored therein u~e re~triction~ aa to the u~o of ~aid
partable electronic memory device; and said time clock
terminal including means to determine whether or not ~aid
u~e restriction~ are ~atisfi~d. Said t~me cloc~ ter~in~l
m~y record in said portable memory device the ti~e~ of u3e.
~he holder of the portable memory device may tempor~rily
a~tach ~aid portable memory device to ~aid time clo~k
termLna~ and use 3aid time clock terminal to display
information stored in ~id po~table memory device.

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T~ AND AT5E~DANCE OR CONTROL~BD ACC~SS..... , PA~ENT
~nventor: Jame~ S. 3ianco 10~-136
: Under~tanding of the pre~ent invention ~nd tho v~riou~
~pect~ thereof will be $~cilitated by referenc~ to the
~ccomp~nyin~ drawing figure~, ~ubmitted for purpose~ o~
illustration only ~nd not intended to define the ~cope of
the invention, in whi~h;
: Figure 1 18 e ~chematic diagram of the memory of
conventional time clock terminal.
Figure 2 i8 a ~lde elevational view of a time clock
termlnal according to the pro3ent in~ention.
~ igUre 3 i~ a per~pective view of ~n employHe
id~ntification card according to the present invention.
Fi~ure 4 i~ ~ per~pective vieu of an alternative
embodiment of employee identification ~e~ne.
Figur~ 5 i~ a ~chematic/block diagram of the syctem of
the pre~ent invention.

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T~ AND ATTEND~NCE OR CONTROLLErl ~CCBSS .... PATl~NT
~nventor2 ~ame~ S. Bi~nco 108-136
Reference should now be made to tho drawing iguroe in
which similar or identicAl element~ are given con~i~tent
identifying numeral8 throughout the variou~ ~igur~ ther~o~
~nd in whic~ parentheticat references to figure num~er~
d~rect the reader to the view~s) in which the ele~en~
being de~cribed i8 (are) b~st ~een, although the element~)
may be seen ~l~o in other view~.
Figure 1 illustr~te~ schemat~cally the mem~ry,
gener~lly indic~ted by t~e reference numeral 10, af ~
conventional time clock terminal, or ~smart clock~ (not
8hown). Me~ory 10 includes a fir~t section 12 which
contains the ba~ic oper~ting ByYte~ for a microproc~sor Ln
the ti~ clock termin~l. A second ~ection 14 contain~ the
appllc~tions progr~m~ which determine how stored data ~nd
~at~ rèad ~r~m an employee'~ identif~c~tion card are
p~oces6ed. Section~ 12 and 14 are required for the
operation of the tim~ clock terminAl,
A thir~ sectlon 16 include~ data as to w heduling
restrlction~ i~posed on each emplo~ee. Thi~ sectlon will bo
periodically updated a~ ~uc~ re~trictions changa. A fourth
~ectlon 18 contains the time data taken a8 employee~ clock
in and out. Thi~ ~ection iB periodically read by ~ ho~t
co~puter ~n~ er~sed. While there i~ a p~act~ CAl limit to
the ~mount oY data that c~n bc stored in ~ny memory, the
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In~entor- Ja~e~ 5. Bi~nco l0a-13
~xp~n~ion of the data requlred ~o be ~tored in Yection ~6,
a~ noted ~bove, reduce~ the number o~ e~ployoea thn~ can ba
accommodated by a ~ingle tlme clock t~rminal and, thu~, ~uch
term~nal~ are severely limited in th~ number of employee~
that any on~ ~uch termlnal CA~ ~rvice.
Figur~ 2 illu~trate~ ~ time cloc~ te~minal, gen~r~lly
indicated by the re~e~ence numeral 30. Time clock terminal
30 include~ conventional e~em~nts ~uch a~ ~ houeing 32
containing a qlot reader 34 through which an employee
id~ntificAtion c~rd ~not ~hownt m~y bo p~8ed for the
reading thereo~. Housin~ 32 further cont~ins a conv~n~ional
d~pl~y 36 on which employees can reccive me~age~, a keypa~
38 for manually inputting informat~on, ~nd a re~l time clock
40 (normally di~po~ed within the hou~ing). Time olock
terminal 30 i8 connected to 8 ho~t computer 42 which
i~clude~ a memory 43. ~he nonconventionsl elemo~t o~ t~me
clock terminal 30 i9 a "touch ~en~o~" 44 el~ment~ the
function of ~h~ch touch ~en~or will be described in d~ta1l
below.
FLgure 3 illu~trate~ an employee id~ntifi~ation card~
generally indicated by tho referenc~ numeral 50, which may
include 4 conventional magnetic stripe 52 thereon in which
i~ e~coded id~nt1fication informatLon ~nd the identific~tion
aard may include a photograph 54 of th~ employee.
no~con~entlonal element of identification card 50 ia
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Inv~ntor: J~mes S. Bi~nco 108-136
rai~ed "touch memory" 56 disposed thereon, the function of
wh~ch touch memory will be de~crlbed in det~il be~low.
Figure 4 ~llu~trat~ an alternative emkod~ment of
~mployee identif ication mean~, generally indicAtad by the
ref~rence numer~l 60, which include~ a touch m~mory button
S6' attached by means of a chain 62 to a key ring 64.
Reference now ~hould al~o be made to Figur~ 5 togethor
with Figures 2-4 for Hn under~tanding of the operAtio~ of
~he pre~ent invention. Time clock t~rminal 30 ~Ylguro s)
includes a microproce6~0r 70 to which i~ conne¢ted a ~ourcc
of power 72. Memory lO' in time clock terminal 30 includcJ
recorded therein ba~ic operating systems in ~ectlon 12 ~nd
applications programe in section 14 ~ de4cribed above with
reference to Figure 1. Section 18 for data capture i~ o
included in m~mory 10' a8 de~cribed above with refcrenco to
Figure l. It ~hould be noted ~hat only a ~ oction lG'
~ provided for ~cheduling rcstr~ction~ and thie on~y for
ch~ngeR in ~uch re~trictlons, in contra~t to memory lO
(~igure 1) in conventional time cloc~ terminals which mu~t
a110w ~ubstantial memory capacity for ~cheduling
re~trictions.
~ ouch sensor 44 (Figure 5) includes A grDUnd~d houuing
p~,rtion 46 and a d~t~ communication portion 4a.
~iCroproce6~0r 70 i~ conn~ctud to contact s~rfac~ 4~ through
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~I~E AUD ATT~NDANCE OR CONTROLLE~I ~CCESS............ PAT~NT
Invantor: J~ms~ S. B~an~o 10~-136
inputJoutput circuitry 72 and to ho~t computsr 40 th~ou~h
~nput/output circuitry 74.
Touch memory 56 (~igure 5) include~ a microchip 80 to
which i~ connected a ~ourc~ of power 82 ~hich may bQ A long
1if~ lithium b~ttery. Microchip 80 i~ conn~cted to ~ ms~vry
10" contAining e~ployee identificati~n in a ~ecti~n 84, U40
re~trictions in ~ section 86, and data capture in a ~ection
18". Microchip 80 i~ connected through input/output
circuitry 90 to a contact ~urface 92. When touch memory 56
1~ touc~ed to touch s~nsor 44 contact eurface~ 48 and 92 ~re
electrically ~ngaged to permit communication betw~en
microprocessor 70 in time clock terminal 30 ~nd mlcrochip 80
in touch memory 56.
- Touch ~enBor 44 and touch memory S6 may be eimilar to
those furnished by Dall~s Semiconductor, of D~ e, Texae,
and are conventionally used, for example, in a ~riety of
hOspit~1 ey~temc, for example. When contact ~urfaces 48 and
92, re~pectively of touch sensor 44 and touch memory 56 ~re
m~t~l contact eu~faces which, when con~acted with each
obher, provide ~'one-wire~' bidirectional communicatLon
therebetween. Touch me~ory 56 typic~lly ha~ a 4~ capacity,
w~ch capacity i8 ~ore than adequate for tha ~bove purpoe~.
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Inventor: James S. 3ianco 108-136
In operution, an em~loyee who wl~he~ to clock in or
o~t touche~ touch ~emory 56 on identif3cation ~ard 50
~Figure 3) to touch sensor 44 ~Fi~ure 2). Microproce~or 70
~Flgure 5) reads the employee identification inform~tion ~nd
the re~trictions in memory 10" of touch memory 56 ~nd, iE
the reBtriction~ a~e ~ati~f ied ~r that employee~ the
mlcroproce6sor will cause microchip ~ to enter the tlme in
memory 1~". Each employee will have a oimilar
ide~tlflcation card with restr~ctio~ recorded therein
applicable to that e~ployee and will have clocking time~
recorded ~n memory 10" in each employee'~ ident~fic~tion
c~rd.
Thus, it will he understood that the Qmployee~
identification card~ will contaln the re~triction
information that formerly con~umed subs~ant~al space in the
memorie~ of conventional time clock termin~ ho only
r~triction informatLon record~d in memory lQ~ io a limited
amount of ch~nged re~triction information that i8
tempornrily ~tored until tran~ferred to memory 10~. The
s~orage of ~cheduling re~trictlon8 and data captur~ i~
distributed omong the variou~ ide~tification card~ held hy
the e~ployee~. With A large amount of memory thu~ ~ade
available, time clock terminal 30 ma~ handle a very lflrge
numbor of employee~ as ea~ily a~ very few, li~ited only by
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Inv~ntor: Je~e~ 5. Bi~nco 10~-136
how fast the employees oan tou~h their touch memori~ S6 to
touch ~en~or 4 4 . Rate of communic~tion betw~en m~crochip 8
~nd computer 70 ~Fi~ure 5) i8 extr~mely rapid. Dat~
saptured in memory 10' i8 perlodlcally tran~ferred to ho~t
~omputer 42.
Another ~dvantage of the pre~ent invention ln thAt
redundant data ~ 8 recorded and, lf the dat~ tran~ferred to
~he ho~t computer i~ lo~t, the data can be read from the
~mployae~ ident~fic~t~on card~ and t~ansferred to the ho~t
computer the next tlme the employees clock in or out.
~ h~n ldentification card 50 i~ i~sued, memory 10~ can
~ave recordcd therein the n~me and iden~ification number of
the ~mployee, the employec~ w hedule, and the validation
period for the ~chedule. '~ime clock terminal 30 then can
complete the employee transaction locally. Tha only ti~e
that time clock terminal 30 h~ to re~er to ho~t computer 4
iB when the employoe i~ attempting to clock in or out
o~tfiide of his validation period. If th~ valid~tion porlod
h~4 expirod, ho~t computer 42 is ~lerted ~nd displAy 36
(Jigure 2) ~isplay~ "P~oC~SSING" ~nd the employee i8
inYtructed eO again to~ch touch ~en~or 44 ~nd ne~ dat~ is
tr4nsferred into memory 10" (~igure 5) from memory 43 of
ho~t computer 42.
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Inventor: Jam~ S. Bi~n~o 108-136
f the employee i8 late to work or back ~rom lunch,
~ime clo~k termin~l 30 can display a mensagQ ~or the
employee to ~ee the employee~ ~upervi~or, for exAmplH. If
the ~uperYi~or approve8 thc recording of the time, th~
~pervisor~ identification i~ entered by touching t~e
supervi~or~ B touch memory 56 to touch ~en~or ~4 and pree~ing
appropriate commands on keyp~d 38. ~he employee t4en clocks
in and the ~upervi~or~a approv~ recorded a~ part o~ ths
~ran~Action in memorie~ 10~ ~nd 10".
Other mes~ges for a particular employee, but
unrelated to the cloc~ing transaction, may be di~play~d.
Another feature of the present invention addres~e~ the
neQd for employees to be able to check th~ time and
attendance data r~corded on their identification aards.
Tlme clock terminal 30 include~ a " journal di~play mode.''
An employee touche~ touch 6en~0r 44 ~Pigure 2) with touch
~mory 56 ~Figure 3~ an~ presse~ DISPLAY JOuRNAL on keyp~d
3~. ~it4 appropriate co~mand~, the employeo c~n displAy
tatal hours worked in a ~elected period, ovortime worked,
time~ ~n and out, vacation or ~ick time remAining, work
~chedule, u~e re~triction~ etc. This can be dono on ~ny
timc cloc~ termlnal. T~ere i~ no longer a need to ~ave ho~t
computer 42 connected on line to retrieve thi~ inform~tion.
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E l~D AlrTENDANCE; OR CONTRO~LED ACCESS.. , PATEN'r
Inventor: J~me~ S. BiAnco 108-136
Another adv~ntAga of the invention ~ tha~ bar cod~
~nd ~gnetic Btripe~ thAt can beco~e d~uged can b~
~liminated. ~hi~ mean~ th~t ~lot 34 on time clock ter~inal
30 can ~l~o be eliminRted; although i~ may be de~irable to
retain that ~ea~ure ~B an sltern~-tive ~e~n~ of inputt~ng
- d~lt~o
A further advantage of the pre~ent inventlon is that
~ouch memory 56 can b0 re-u~ed by another employee i~ the
or$ginal holder of the memory i8 no longer employed. It i~
only necea~ary tha~ the new employee'~ ino~mation be
recorded in memory 10". I~ touch memory 56 i~ lo~t, fi '
replace~ent i~ easily pro~ided with inform~tio~ ~rom memory
43 of ho~t comput~r 42.
I de~ired, not only can ti~e clock torminal0 at one
loc~tion be u~e~ by an employèe, but termin~l~ at any
googr~phic~l location of the or~ani2ation can be u~ed.
Tlme clock ter~1nal 30 i~ ~mall a~d ;nexpen~ive~ but
c~n procese very large numbQrs o~ employeo8.
Yet another advantage of t~e p~e~ent inventi~n l~ th4t
tauch ~emories 56 and 56' are not subject to d~m~g~ by
m~rring or ~cratching and, furthermore, are not ~ubjoct to
d~ma~o by proximity to external magnetia devic~s ~8 ara
co~ventional mngnetic ~tripe~ on identification card~.
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Inventor: Ja~es ~. Bianco ~08-136
An Additional advantAge of 1:he u~e o touch membrle~
56 and 56~ i~ that they have, or can en~ily h~ve, ~ er
etched ~erial number ~herei~ which i~ rea~ alony w~th.the
other identifying information. If a employee' R
idenk.ification haD been lo~t or ~tolen, it i~ si~ple mattor
to in~truct ~ho ti~e clock terminals to re~ect the
identification and to alert ~upervisory personnel when u~e
of th~t identification i~ attempted.
~ ouch memory 56 may al~o be furnished with a re4~ tim0
cloak therei~ for ~cce~ by microproces~or 70, inste~d of
providing real time memory 40 in time clock terminal, ~nd
~uch iB within th~ intent of the pre6ent invention.
It is al~o within the intent of the present lnvehtion
that me~o~ie~ 56 can be replaced with ~ convention~ mart
oard" h~ving a memory ~mbedded therein. In th~t case, the
time clock termin~ls would ha~ p~ovision ~or a Blot for
in~ertion therein of the ~m~rt eard ior reading thereo~ .
It will thus be se~ that the object~ set forth ~bove,
among tho~e elucidated in, or made Apparent from, th~
proceding de~cription, are efficiently att~ined and, ~ince
cert~in change~ ~ay be made in the above con6truction
without dep~rting fro~ the ~ope of the invention, it i~
intended that all matter ~ontained in the above de~cription
or shown on the accompanying drawing figure~ ~hall b~
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Inventor: Jame~ S. Bia~co 108-136
i'nterpreted ~8 illustrative only and not in a li~niting
~en~e.
: It i~ o to be under6tood that the followin~ claim~
are intended to cover all of the generic and spec~ iic
featureE~ of the invention horein de~cribed and all
~t~ement~ of the ~cope of the invontion wh$ch, au a matt0r
o~ languAge, migbt bc naid to fDll thereb-tweAn.
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Inactive : CIB de MCD 2006-03-11
Inactive : CIB de MCD 2006-03-11
Demande non rétablie avant l'échéance 2001-01-08
Le délai pour l'annulation est expiré 2001-01-08
Inactive : Abandon.-RE+surtaxe impayées-Corr envoyée 2000-01-07
Réputée abandonnée - omission de répondre à un avis sur les taxes pour le maintien en état 2000-01-07
Demande publiée (accessible au public) 1993-07-08

Historique d'abandonnement

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Revendications 1993-07-08 7 129
Page couverture 1993-07-08 1 13
Dessins 1993-07-08 3 55
Abrégé 1993-07-08 1 21
Description 1993-07-08 17 456
Dessin représentatif 1999-08-03 1 11
Rappel - requête d'examen 1999-09-08 1 127
Courtoisie - Lettre d'abandon (requête d'examen) 2000-02-22 1 172
Courtoisie - Lettre d'abandon (taxe de maintien en état) 2000-02-07 1 185
Taxes 1998-02-16 1 41
Taxes 1998-01-07 2 58
Taxes 1997-01-07 1 42
Taxes 1996-01-04 1 41
Taxes 1995-01-10 1 48
Taxes 1995-01-06 1 37
Correspondance 1993-01-07 1 20