Technical Field
Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to devices and associated methods for determining
authorized presence of an individual, and more specifically, but not limited to, a system and
method for determining said authorized presence of the individual in a determined geographical
area.
Background
Telecommunication has experienced enormous growth in the past years. The use of electronic
devices such as mobile phones, smart phones, and personal digital assistants (PDAs) has increased
tremendously. The growth in the usage of electronic devices is also revolutionizing
telecommunication services offered to subscribing customers.
One of the foremost security need is to determine the authorized presence of an individual.
Traditionally, the most common method of marking presence of a group of individuals has been
to manually call said individuals by their names or any assigned unique identity assigned to them.
For example, in a typical educational institution, a teacher marks attendance of students in such
manual manner.
One of the disadvantages of such manual operation is that it is extremely time consuming. With
increase in the number of individuals to be marked the effort and time required to manually call
each individual is highly cumber some.
Thus, to mark presence of members (which may be few hundred), the effort required to mark
presence of each member is huge.
Thus, the most common disadvantage with the present invention is that when multiple members
need to be dealt with the time and cost required increases exponentially.
Thus, there is a long felt need for a mechanism wherein presence of multiple individuals can be
marked in a timely manner.
More particularly, there is a need for a mechanism wherein increase in the number of individuals
that need to be marked does not increase the time or effort.
Also, there is a need for a mechanism, wherein said marking is done almost instantaneously
irrespective of the number of the individuals.
Summary
For purposes of summarizing, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the disclosure
have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may
be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the disclosure. Thus, the present
disclosure may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage
or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may
be taught suggested herein.
It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a mechanism that verifies the presence of an
authorized individual.
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It is an object of the present disclosure provide a mechanism wherein the effort needed to mark
presence of an individual does not increase with the count of individuals.
All the embodiments as herein described with respect to the present invention are applicable to
the method and the corresponding system.
These and other embodiments of the present disclosure will also become readily apparent to those
skilled in the art from the following detailed description of the embodiments having reference to
the attached figures, the disclosure not being limited to any particular embodiments disclosed.
Brief Description of the Drawings
For a better understanding of the embodiments of the systems and methods described herein,
and to show more clearly how they may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, by
way of example, to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIGURE 1: illustrates a diagrammatic representation of an environment in which the present
invention operates, in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.
Description
Exemplary embodiments now will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The
disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as
limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this
disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey its scope to those skilled in the art.
The terminology used in the detailed description of the particular exemplary embodiments
illustrated in the accompanying drawings is not intended to be limiting. In the drawings, like
numbers refer to like elements.
The specification may refer to “an”, “one” or “some” embodiment(s) in several locations. This does
not necessarily imply that each such reference is to the same embodiment(s), or that the feature
only applies to a single embodiment. Single features of different embodiments may also be
combined to provide other embodiments.
As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as
well, unless expressly stated otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “includes”,
“comprises”, “including” and/or “comprising” when used in this specification, specify the presence
of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude
the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements,
components, and/or groups thereof. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as
being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the
other element or intervening elements may be present. Furthermore, “connected” or “coupled” as
used herein may include operatively connected or coupled. As used herein, the term “and/or”
includes any and all combinations and arrangements of one or more of the associated listed items.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the
same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure
pertains. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used
dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in
the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense
unless expressly so defined herein.
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The figures depict a simplified structure only showing some elements and functional entities, all
being logical units whose implementation may differ from what is shown. The connections shown
are logical connections; the actual physical connections may be different. It is apparent to a person
skilled in the art that the structure may also comprise other functions and structures. It should be
appreciated that the functions, structures, elements and the protocols used in communication are
irrelevant to the present disclosure. Therefore, they need not be discussed in more detail here.
Also, all logical units described and depicted in the figures include the software and/or hardware
components required for the unit to function. Further, each unit may comprise within itself one or
more components which are implicitly understood. These components may be operatively coupled
to each other and be configured to communicate with each other to perform the function of the
said unit.
In line with the embodiments of the present invention, the electronic devices of the present
invention are configured with an app utility.
Said app utility allows said devices to selectively and simultaneously operate as a CLIENT and a
SERVER.
For example, in a typical scenario, a FIRST DEVICE operated by a FIRST USER is configured with
a FIRST APP UTILITY.
Said FIRST APP UTILITY allows said FIRST DEVICE to display a SINGLE number in a random
fashion on the DISPLAY of the FIRST DEVICE.
Said random number is displayed on the DISPLAY of said FIRST DEVICE in response to an INPUT
EVENT by the FIRST USER on the GUI MENU of the DISPLAY.
In response to said INPUT EVENT at FIRST DEVICE said RANDOM NUMBER is additionally and
instantaneously displayed on the DISPLAY of a SECOND ELECTRONIC DEVICE as part of a GROUP
of other RANDOM NUMBERS.
Now, said FIRST DEVICE in response to said display of a SINGLE RANDOM number at FIRST
DEVICE is configured to send an audio signal representing said SINGLE RANDOM NUMBER.
The user of the SECOND DEVICE in response to said AUDIO SIGNAL are required to select said
SINGLE RANDOM number from said GROUP of RANDOM NUMBERS within a predetermined TIME
INTERVAL.
Selection of a RANDOM NUMBER at a SECOND DEVICE from a group of multiple numbers said
RANDOM NUMBER being also displayed at FIRST DEVICE results in successful marking of presence
of said individual.
A successful marking of the presence of an individual (ENTITY) is recorded when
- User of SECOND DEVICE selects a number that is also displayed on the FIRST DEVICE and
- Said selection of same number is effectuated by the user of SECOND DEVICE within a
predetermined interval.
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On selection of the SINGLE RANDOM number on the SECOND DEVICE and which is also
displayed in the FIRST DEVICE, a trigger notification of type “SUCCESSFUL” is sent from
said SECOND DEVICE to said FIRST DEVICE.
On receipt of said notification of type “SUCCESSFUL” at FIRST DEVICE, the USER of the
SECOND DEVICE is marked as “PRESENT”.
In order to permanently store said mark as “PRESENT”, the FIRST DEVICE is coupled with
a DATABASE REPOSITORY. The DATABASE REPOSITORY in an embodiment is an
electronic device and comprises of a MEMORY AREA to store and retrieve electronic
records.
In case, no RESPONSE/NOTIFICATION TRIGGER is retrieved from the SECOND DEVICE
within the predetermined interval or a RESPONSE/NOTIFICATION TRIGGER is sent after
said interval, then the corresponding default entry in the DATABASE REPOSITORY is
unchanged.
The default entry in the DATABASE REPOSITORY is marked and stored as “ABSENT”.
Further, in order to increase the security, while sending trigger notification of type
“SUCCESSFUL” from said SECOND DEVICE, an additional information indicating
geographical information of the SECOND DEVICE is sent to said FIRST DEVICE.
The FIRST APP UTILITY on the FIRST DEVICE is configured to interpret said geographic
location as received and compare the same with a predetermined criteria.
For example, in an embodiment the predetermined criteria is that if the geographic
location of the SECOND DEVICE is NOT within four (4) meters of the geographic location
of FIRST DEVICE then such a trigger notification of type “SUCCESSFUL” is disregarded
and no change is made .
Thus, no change is made to the default entry in the DATABASE REPOSITORY when said
criteria is not met even if the trigger notification is of type “SUCCESSFUL”.
Thus, in an embodiment said criteria of determining and comparing geographic location is
given priority over Type of notification received.
A person skilled in the art would appreciate that in a typical scenario, multiple SECOND
DEVICES shall be communicating simultaneously and in parallel with the FIRST DEVICE.
The FIRST DEVICE is configured to receive and interpret multiple trigger notifications from
SECOND DEVICE.
The electronic devices of the present invention have an exemplary architecture as follows.
The architecture comprises of CPU bus which is, essentially, an interconnection wires that
all subsystems are connected to. In general, only one pair of devices can talk to each
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other at a time, so communication of the bus must be coordinated to prevent message
collisions. This coordination is often handled by the CPU.
The central processing unit (CPU) executes instructions contained in memory. These
instructions are executed at a rate specified by the computer's clock.
The CPU needs to access two different types of memory in order to execute a program.
There are two types of memories used in micro-controllers. These are read-only
memory (ROM) and random access memory (RAM).
In a micro-controller, read-only memory (ROM) is used to store permanent programs,
operating drivers, and data. Many micro-controllers use erasable programmable read-only
memory (EPROM) or electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) to
store programs, operating drivers, and data. EPROM and EEPROM are non-volatile
memories.
Random access memory or RAM is used to temporarily store data and instructions.
The relevant components of electronic device(s) and base station subsystems of the
present invention selectively comprise of:
- Signal control unit (not shown):
. Device: Mainly comprising of CPU + software in memory + rf section, for
controlling the bandwidth usage in device.
• Service provider network: Mainly comprising of server + software in memory
+ rf section, for controlling the bandwidth usage in network.
- Memory unit:
. Device: Mainly comprising of memory, for storing software + data associated
with one or more services/tasks/operations as transceived by the said signal
control unit.
• Service provider network: Mainly comprising of memory, for storing software
+ data associated with one or more services/tasks/operations as transceived by
the said signal control unit
- Signal processing unit:
. Device: Mainly comprising of CPU + software in memory + speaker, for
processing short switching trigger data pulse signal to accomplish the operations
by performing output to the speaker after recalling the corresponding service
memory from device and confirm to network provider/operator.
• Service provider network: Mainly comprising of server + software in memory,
for processing short switching trigger data pulse signal to accomplish the
operations by transceiving to device and confirmation from device.

We Claim
1. A system for authenticating attendance of an individual
- a SERVER DEVICE operated by a FIRST USER , executing a first app utility application, the first app
utility application configured to
- display a first random number, along with an audio signal, in response to an input event by first user;
- one or more CLIENT DEVICE (s) operated by a SECOND USER or one or more second users
respectively, executing a SECOND app utility application, the second app utility application configured
to display multiple random numbers including said first random number, in response to said input
event by the first user;
- selecting, via CLIENT DEVICE, one of said random numbers by the second user;
- sending a signal representing said selection, from CLIENT DEVICE towards SERVER DEVICE AND
storing said indication at a database repository coupled with the SECOND DEVICE.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the SERVER DEVICE displays the random number in
response to an INPUT EVENT by the first user on the GUI MENU of the DISPLAY.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said selection is required to be made in within a
predetermined TIME INTERVAL.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein when the random number as selected from multiple
random numbers is equal to the first random number, the SECOND USER is marked as “PRESENT”.
5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein when the random number as selected from multiple
random numbers is not equal to the first random number, the SECOND USER is marked as “ABSENT”.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1 AND 2, wherein when the random number is not selected within
the predetermined TIME INTERVAL, the SECOND USER is marked as “ABSENT”.
7. The system as claimed in claim 1 AND 2 wherein a default entry in the database repository is
“ABSENT”.
8. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein a geographical location information of the SECOND DEVICE
(s) is sent to said FIRST DEVICE in response to an input event by first user.
9. The system as claimed in claim 1, 7 AND 8 WHEREIN when geographical location of the SECOND
DEVICE (s) is more than a predetermined interval from the FIRST DEVICE then default entry in the
database repository remains “ABSENT” despite the random number selection from multiple random
numbers being equal to the first random number.
10. A method for authenticating attendance of an individual, comprising
-, executing a first app utility application, a SERVER DEVICE operated by a FIRST USER; the first app
utility application configured to
- displaying a first random number, along with an audio signal, in response to an input event by first
user;
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- executing a SECOND app utility application one or more CLIENT DEVICE (s) operated by a SECOND
USER, the second app utility application configured to display multiple random numbers including said
first random number, in response to said input event by the first user;
- selecting, via CLIENT DEVICE, one of said random numbers by the second user;
- sending a signal representing said selection, from CLIENT DEVICE towards SERVER DEVICE AND
storing said indication at a database repository coupled with the SECOND DEVICE.
11. A method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the SERVER DEVICE displays the random number in
response to an INPUT EVENT by the first user on the GUI MENU of the DISPLAY.
12. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein said selection is required to be made in within a
predetermined TIME INTERVAL.
13. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein when the random number as selected from multiple
random numbers is equal to the first random number, the SECOND USER is marked as “PRESENT”.
14. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein when the random number as selected from multiple
random numbers is not equal to the first random number, the SECOND USER is marked as “ABSENT”.
15. The method as claimed in claim 10 AND 11, wherein when the random number is not selected
within the predetermined TIME INTERVAL, the SECOND USER is marked as “ABSENT”.
16. The method as claimed in claim 10 AND 11 wherein a default entry in the database repository is
“ABSENT”.
17. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein a geographical location information of the SECOND
DEVICE (s) is sent to said FIRST DEVICE in response to an input event by first user.