Guard tour system incorporating a positioning system
US7027955B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07C1/20
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A guard tour system comprising a computer running a computer program that enables a variety of electronic hardware components to function as the guard tour system. It is contemplated that the computer program be multi-user and/or network compatible. The electronic hardware includes one or more touch button readers, or one or more positioning system receivers (such as a global or local positioning system receiver), or both; one or more downloaders for use with the touch button readers and global positioning system receivers; and optionally a plurality of touch memory buttons located along a guard tour. Each touch memory button includes preprogrammed information specific to its particular location. As a guard or night watchman progresses through the guard tour he or she either obtains a global positioning system location reading manually or automatically or reads the information stored within each touch memory button or both, using a hand-held, battery operated reader. The Global Positioning System allows for collection of various guard positioning information.
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