The Active Network’s Recreation and Education Software Application
Community-focused organizations improve the quality of life for the
public. Parks and recreation
facilities are a great resource for children and adults alike.
Physical fitness is an important aspect of life, and making these
resources available to public is vital in the overall health of the
community. The Active Network
provides application services technology and marketing access to community
service organizations and is a leading online community for active
lifestyles. The company’s application services help organizations increase
efficiency and reduce the cost and complexity of managing community
activities and fundraising events, providing technology that automates
information collection, activity registration, facility reservation,
membership and fundraising management.
The Active Network has continually taken strides to provide the best
possible software and service, and recently they have improved the security
and efficiency of their software by integrating M2SYS’ innovative
fingerprint technology solutions, Bio-Plugin™ and
Bio-TimeClock™.
Bio-Plugin™ enables software companies to adopt a seamless fingerprint
recognition module within hours without the headache of system dependencies
and extensive development inherent to fingerprint SDKs.
The solution also comes complete with a robust, scalable
identification server capable of processing tens of thousands of records
within seconds. Using a typical SDK to develop this same level of technology
would take months, and would result in a host application that is always
dependent on SDK code
libraries. The
Bio-TimeClock™ software is a PC-based time data collection utility.
The fingerprint technology is being utilized in the
Active Network’s wide client base of recreation centers.
These centers must effectively manage their members and visitors on a
daily basis. Members can be
easily enrolled in the system by scanning their fingerprint a few times.
Then, when members visit the recreation center they simply must place
their finger on the fingerprint reader.
The fingerprint software then verifies that print by comparing the
unique fingerprint to a database of member scans.
The system eliminates the need for ID cards or PIN numbers. These
traditional methods of identification can potentially be lost or forgotten.
Fingerprint recognition technology eliminates the costly process of
replacing ID cards and the burden of locating a member’s forgotten PIN
number and verifying that member’s identification.
The system can also be used to identify which members have access to
areas in a facility, such as swimming pools, basketball courts, classrooms,
or other particular areas.
Bio-TimeClock™ provides businesses a much more affordable alternative to
capturing employee time and attendance data.
Recent studies have shown that companies can lose up to 4% of their
annual payroll expenses through “buddy punching”, or employees
inappropriately clocking in and out for each other.
Biometric fingerprint software increases accountability and security,
as only the correct fingerprint can be used to clock an employee in and out.
Due to this increase in accountability, worker efficiency can be
optimized.
M2SYS’ biometric technology improves access to facilities which increases
visitor numbers, while the implementation of the software also reduces
overall operational costs. These
benefits have been seen by the numerous Active Network clients throughout
the
United States
,
Canada
,
Australia
and
New Zealand.
