Security and tracking systems and associated methods

• US 10,431,065 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2018
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Leola Brantley
• Original Assignee: Leola Brantley
• Inventors: Brantley, Leola
• Primary Examiner(s): Villecco, John
• Application Number:
  US16/206,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20190114887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 305 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/002 adapted to accommodate electronic equipment patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 7/00 Ear-rings; Devices for piercing the ear-lobes
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2445 Tag integrated into item to be protected, e.g. source tagging
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0202 Child monitoring systems using a transmitter-receiver system carried by the parent and the child
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0205 Specific application combined with child monitoring using a transmitter-receiver system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0275 Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS] tag technology used for parent or child unit, e.g. same transmission technology, magnetic tag, RF tag, RFID
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/028 Communication between parent and child units via remote transmission means, e.g. satellite network
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0288 Attachment of child unit to child/article
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0291 Housing and user interface of child unit
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/00 Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Security and tracking systems disclosed herein include a server coupled with a database, a computing device coupled with the database and including a display, and a wearable recording device (device) configured to record audio and video, the device having an identifier associated with the user through the database. One or more user interfaces are displayed on the display and include one or more inputs configured to associate the identifier with the user through the database. The wearable recording device may be an earring. Some security and tracking systems include a tracking device (tracker) having at least one sharp end, the tracker configured to be insertable into a hem or fold of a clothing item, the tracker having an identifier associated with the user through the database using inputs on one or more user interfaces displayed on the display, the tracker including a visual display of the identifier.

Claims

1. A security and tracking system (system), comprising:

a server communicatively coupled with a database;

a computing device communicatively coupled with the database through a telecommunication network, the computing device comprising a display, and;

a tracking device (tracker) comprising at least one sharp end, the tracker configured to be insertable into one of a hem and a fold of a clothing item, the tracker comprising a visual display of an identifier, the identifier associated with a user through the database using one or more inputs on one or more user interfaces displayed on the display;

wherein the tracker comprises a passive identification tag;

wherein the tracker consists of a passive identification tag coupled within a flexible polymer strip forming the at least one sharp end and having the visual display located on an outer surface of the flexible polymer strip; and

wherein the flexible polymer strip is formed into an elongated hexagon, and wherein the at least one sharp end comprises two sharp ends formed by the elongated hexagon.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one sharp end comprises an angle of less than ninety degrees.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sharp end comprises an angle of less than eighty degrees.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the at least one sharp end comprises an angle of less than seventy degrees.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one sharp end comprises an angle of less than sixty degrees.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one sharp end comprises an angle of less than fifty degrees.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one sharp end comprises an angle of less than forty degrees.

8. A security and tracking method, comprising:

providing a server communicatively coupled with a database;

communicatively coupling a computing device with the database through a telecommunication network, the computing device comprising a display;

providing a tracking device (tracker) comprising at least one sharp end, the tracker configured to be insertable into one of a hem and a fold of a clothing item, the tracker comprising a visual display of an identifier, the identifier associated with a user through the database using one or more inputs on one or more user interfaces displayed on the display, and;

penetrating the clothing item using the at least one sharp end of the tracker;

wherein the tracker comprises a passive identification tag;

wherein the tracker consists of the passive identification tag coupled within a flexible polymer strip forming the at least one sharp end and having the visual display located on an outer surface of the flexible polymer strip; and

wherein the flexible polymer strip is formed into an elongated hexagon, and wherein the at least one sharp end comprises two sharp ends formed by the elongated hexagon.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein penetrating the clothing item comprises slipping threads of the clothing item apart.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein penetrating the clothing item comprises severing threads of the clothing item.