Systems and methods for utilizing information to monitor targets
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1. A method for alerting when a target is delaying travel, the method comprising:
- attaching a monitor device to a monitor target, wherein the monitor device is operable to;
periodically identify a location of the monitor target along a path of monitor target movement, andprovide corresponding location information;
determining a period of time that the monitor target is not moving in an allowed area of travel based at least in part upon the location information;
identifying a location where the period of time that the monitor target is not moving occurs;
receiving information from one or more databases, wherein the information from the one or more databases identifies at least one attribute corresponding to the location;
analyzing the information from the one or more databases, wherein it is determined that the location is problematic; and
issuing an alert based at least in part on the determination that the location is problematic.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and method for monitoring movement in relation to locations about which data is available from one or more sources.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for alerting when a target is delaying travel, the method comprising:
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attaching a monitor device to a monitor target, wherein the monitor device is operable to; periodically identify a location of the monitor target along a path of monitor target movement, and provide corresponding location information; determining a period of time that the monitor target is not moving in an allowed area of travel based at least in part upon the location information; identifying a location where the period of time that the monitor target is not moving occurs; receiving information from one or more databases, wherein the information from the one or more databases identifies at least one attribute corresponding to the location; analyzing the information from the one or more databases, wherein it is determined that the location is problematic; and issuing an alert based at least in part on the determination that the location is problematic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for alerting when a target is delaying travel, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a monitor device attached to a target, wherein the monitor device is operable to; periodically identify a location of the target along a path of target movement, and provide corresponding location information as the data; identifying a delay along the path traveled by the target and a location of the delay based at least in part upon the location information, wherein the location of the delay is at an allowed area of travel; receiving information from one or more databases that identifies at least one attribute corresponding to the location that the target is not moving; and generating an alert based at least in part on the information from the one or more databases. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A monitoring system, the monitoring system comprising:
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a monitor device, wherein the monitor device is operable to; attach to a target, periodically identify a location of the target along a path of target movement, and provide corresponding location information to a computer processing device associated with a non-transitory computer readable medium; wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions executable by the computer processing device to; identify a delay along the path traveled by the target and a location of the delay based at least in part upon the location information, wherein the location of the delay is at an allowed area of travel; and generate an alert based at least in part on the identified delay. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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