Workplace Booking Status via Peripheral Device Identifier
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing office building workplace management systems lack efficient and reliable methods to determine and evaluate employee presence, often requiring manual processes or additional sensors, which can be cumbersome and resource-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A method utilizing permanently installed peripheral devices with unique identifiers to read and transmit data to a management system, allowing for the determination of booking status and user assignment without the need for extra resources, enabling efficient evaluation of workplace occupancy and adherence to social distancing rules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual booking systems or additional sensors are used to determine employee presence, then employee presence can be tracked, but the system becomes cumbersome and resource-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The peripheral device automatically performs presence detection and transmits data to the management system without requiring manual intervention from employees. The system serves itself by using the connected computer's identification to automatically determine and report workplace occupancy, eliminating the need for manual booking confirmations or additional sensor installations.
Solution Approach 2:
The peripheral device serves multiple functions: it acts as both a workspace component and an identification system. By using the universally connected computer (laptop, notebook, etc.) as the identification source, the system leverages an existing device for presence detection rather than requiring dedicated sensors or manual processes.
2Productivity
If permanently installed hardware is used for workplace identification, then user assignment to physical workspaces can be efficiently determined, but the system requires initial hardware installation
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of installing complex sensor systems or specialized hardware, the patent uses a simplified approach by copying the identification method from existing portable computers. The system reads the computer's identification and uses it as the workplace identifier, effectively copying the proven identification mechanism from mobile devices to the fixed workplace context.
3Measurement precision
If conventional booking systems requiring manual confirmation are used, then booking accuracy can be maintained, but employee time and operational efficiency are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs presence detection automatically as soon as a computer connects to the peripheral device, without waiting for manual confirmation. The booking status is determined in advance through automatic detection of the connected device, eliminating the need for employees to manually confirm their presence or make booking changes.
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AI summary
The invention concerns a method for managing physical workplaces of an office building, wherein each workplace has at least one peripheral device uniquely associated with the respective workplace, the method comprising the following steps: - reading a unique identifier of the peripheral device of a workplace by means of a computer of a user, the computer being connected to the peripheral device of the workplace, - transmitting the unique identifier to a management system, - retrieving, by the management system, workplace information stored for the unique identifier from a database, and - determining a booking status of the workplace by the management system based on the stored workplace information. The invention also relates to a computer program.