Systems and methods for monitoring for and preempting pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) of persons under restriction

• US 10,497,242 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2019
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Conquer Your Addiction LLC
• Original Assignee: David H. Williams
• Inventors: Williams, David H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Phuong, Dai
• Application Number:
  US16/516,822
• Publication Number:
  US 20190340906A1
• Time in Patent Office: 137 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/00 Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives
• 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 21/0272 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect exact location of child or item using triangulation other than GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0277 Communication between units on a local network, e.g. Bluetooth, piconet, zigbee, Wireless Personal Area Networks [WPAN]
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0283 via a telephone network, e.g. cellular GSM
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for monitoring for and preempting pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) of persons under restriction.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring for and preempting pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) of a person(s) under restriction, the system comprising a plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks, the system configured to:

determine, through a plurality of measurements/readings taken by the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks, behavior(s) of the person under restriction and context(s) associated with the behavior(s) of the person under restriction;

assess, evaluate, and predict a risk of a future occurrence(s) of a pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) and associated context(s) by the person; and

facilitate one or more pre-identified actions and/or activities to preempt and/or lower the risk of a future occurrence(s) of the pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) by the person under restriction before a violation occurs;

wherein the system is configured to restrict and condition access to data for the person under restriction collected by the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks based on a user'"'"'s selection of location-based data from a plurality of options presented by the system for selection, the plurality of options including the location-based data and one or more other options that are selectable by the user, whereby the user is the person under restriction, another person, and/or an accessor;

wherein;

the system is configured to determine at least one historical location and at least one historical context of the at least one determined historical location;

the system is configured to, in connection with the determining the at least one historical location and the at least one historical context;

determine the at least one historical location based on data obtained through at least one location sensor; and

determine the at least one historical context based on data obtained through the at least one location sensor and/or at least one different sensor;

the system is further configured to;

receive a request for access by the user to data for the person under restriction obtained through the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications network;

present one or more queries or qualifiers to prompt the user to select at least one of the plurality of options in response to the one or more queries or qualifiers;

present the plurality of options for selection by the user, the plurality of options including the location-based data and the one or more other options, the location-based data including data based on the determined at least one historical location and the determined at least one historical context, wherein the system is configured to include the location-based data in the at least one of the plurality of options based on a consistency between (a) the one or more queries or qualifiers and (b) the determined at least one historical location and the determined at least one historical context; and

allow the requested access by the user to the data for the person under restriction based on the user'"'"'s selection of at least one of the plurality of options including the location-based data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the person under restriction comprises one or more of a parolee, a prisoner, a person on probation, a person under house arrest, a person under a restraining order, a person under supervision and/or restriction(s) ordered by one or more of a criminal court, a civil court, a family court, and/or another justice entity, and/or a person under supervision and/or restriction(s) imposed by an association, an entity, and/or an organization.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the person under restriction is a parolee, and wherein the system is configured to:

determine, through a plurality of measurements/readings taken by the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks, behavior(s) of the parolee and context(s) associated with the behavior(s) of the parolee;

assess, evaluate, and predict a risk of a future occurrence(s) of a pre-identified parole violation-related behavior(s) and associated context(s) by the parolee; and

facilitate one or more pre-identified actions and/or activities to preempt and/or lower the risk of a future occurrence(s) of the pre-identified parole violation-related behavior(s) by the parolee before a parole violation occurs.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to determine whether there is a variation from a defined set of conditions and/or allowed activities for the person under restriction based on the behavior(s) and associated context(s) of the person under restriction, whereby the variation indicates a risk of a future violation by the person under restriction.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the defined set of conditions and/or allowed activities comprise one or more of permitted travel, permitted location(s), permitted location dwell time, permitted travel path(s), proximity to a prohibited person(s), and/or proximity to a prohibited location(s).

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks are configured to collect and/or report different types of data for the person under restriction; and

the system is configured to compare the data collected and/or reported by the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks with reference behavior data predefined for the person under restriction.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the reference behavior data predefined for the person under restriction comprises one or more of:

criminal behavior data for the person under restriction;

criminal history and criminal record data for the person under restriction;

data relating to a number of different types of crimes;

probability data that compares various crime types with various location types wherein a crime probability for each of the various crime types is determined and assigned for each of the various location types; and

/or

restraining order history and restraining order record data for the person under restriction.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to determine, project, or predict a current or future context of the person under restriction at a location by analyzing and linking real-time data and historical data for the person under restriction, the real-time and historical data including the location of the person under restriction, historical context of the person under restriction at the location, behavior patterns, travel patterns, health data, and risk calculations.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks allow the system to monitor a location of the person under restriction both indoors and outdoors.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the person under restriction is a parolee, and wherein the system is configured to:

determine, through the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks, a location of the parolee and the context of the parolee at the location;

assess, evaluate, and predict a risk of a future parole violation by the parolee in relation to the location and the context; and

facilitate one or more pre-identified actions and/or activities to preempt and/or lower the risk of the future parole violation.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to determine whether one or more triggers indicative of a risk of a future violation by the person under restriction and predetermined in the system are active or present based on the behavior(s) of the person under restriction and the context(s) associated with the behavior(s) of the person under restriction, as determined through the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the system is configured to determine whether any of the one or more triggers predetermined in the system are active or present by comparing data from one or more of the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks with one or more settings for the person under restriction, and wherein:

the one or more settings for the person under restriction include one or more of blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, body temperature, respiratory rate, perspiration, weight, exercise schedule, external temperature, noise levels/loudness, and/or noise types/frequency(ies); and

the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks comprise one or more biometric, environmental, and/or behavioral sensors that provide the biometric, environmental, and/or behavioral data for the person under restriction usable by the system in determining whether any of the one or more triggers predetermined in the system are active or present.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the system is configured to receive and process feedback and to adjust the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks including increasing, decreasing, and/or otherwise modifying one or more of the settings and/or a frequency of data collection in response to the feedback including actions, contexts, and behaviors of the person under restriction associated with the data.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to:

determine, through the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks, a location of the person under restriction and the context of the person under restriction at the location; and

determine whether one or more triggers indicative of a risk of a future violation by the person under restriction and predetermined in the system are active or present based on the location, the context, and one or more of biometric, environmental, activity, and/or behavioral data for the person under restriction.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks include one or more of a local network, a public network, a private network, the internet, the Internet of Things, a wireless network, a terrestrial network, a cloud network, a Bluetooth network, a beacon network, a cloud network, a peer-to-peer network, a drone network, a Zigbee network, a satellite network, and/or wireline network; and

the context(s) include a situation, an environment, and/or a state of mind of the person under restriction based on one or more of biometric, environmental, activity, and/or behavioral data of the person under restriction.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks includes:

a plurality of sensors configured to monitor a location and/or the context(s) of the person under restriction at the location, one or more of the plurality of sensors being located in, on, and/or near the person under restriction; and

a plurality of interface devices configured to engage in interaction with the person under restriction, with one or more support persons for the person under restriction, and/or with one or more third parties in the event the system determines a relationship between the location and/or the context(s) and one or more triggers predetermined in the system that indicates a risk of a future occurrence(s) of the pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) by the person under restriction;

whereby the system is configured to select the interaction based on the one or more triggers and the location and/or the context(s) of the person under restriction at the location.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the system is configured to develop and/or update a profile of the person under restriction including one or more predetermined actions to implement for the person under restriction depending on the prediction and evaluation of the risk of an occurrence(s) of the pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) by the person under restriction; and

/or

the system is configured to be usable by another one or more persons to voluntarily and/or involuntarily monitor a location of the person under restriction, the behavior(s) of the person under restriction, and the context(s) of the person under restriction at the location; and

/or

the one or more pre-identified actions and/or activities facilitated by the system include one or more of disabling a vehicle of the person under restriction and/or providing an alert to one or more of law enforcement, a support person, or other person.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to assess, evaluate, and predict, a risk of a future occurrence(s) of a pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) and associated context(s) by the person under restriction based on historical location-based data for the person under restriction.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) includes one or more pre-identified behavior patterns, one or more pre-identified behavior trends, one or more pre-identified contextual patterns, one or more pre-identified contextual trends, and/or one or more pre-identified triggers; and

the system is configured for monitoring for and preempting the one or more pre-identified behavior patterns, the one or more pre-identified behavior trends, the one or more pre-identified contextual patterns, the one or more pre-identified contextual trends, and/or the one or more pre-identified triggers of the person under restriction.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the context(s) associated with the behavior(s) of the person under restriction comprises at least one or more interrelated conditions including situations, circumstances, events, environment, activities, and/or actions being done by, associated with, and/or around the person under restriction, time, and/or location(s) of the person under restriction as determined through the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks are configured to collect and/or report different types of data for the person under restriction including biometric, environmental, activity, and/or behavioral data; and

the system is configured to use the data collected and/or reported by the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks that meets one or more pre-identified criteria.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to determine behavior(s) of the person under restriction and context(s) associated with the behavior(s) of the person under restriction by a comparison of data from the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks with one or more settings for the person under restriction.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to allow a user to modify an identity of the person under restriction, the pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) and the associated context(s), the pre-identified actions and/or activities, and/or the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks comprises at least one sensor array including a plurality of different types of sensors operable for taking a plurality of different types of measurements/readings usable by the system to determine the behavior(s) of the person under restriction and the context(s) associated with the behavior(s) of the person under restriction;

the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks include one or more social networks; and

the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks include one or more devices, sensors, and/or sensor arrays remote from the person under restriction.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to use, in combination, the plurality of measurements/readings taken by the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks to determine when a violation trigger is being activated and/or when a potential violation is in progress through a pre-identification process and an iterative machine learning/artificial intelligence process incorporating human input of high risk chance of violation situations, to thereby enable the system to proactively and preemptively detect high-risk violation situations for the person under restriction.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to:

determine whether a location and the context(s) correspond to a high-risk location and context(s) and/or correspond to a trending risk of the pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s);

identify one or more potential actions and/or available support resources to preempt and/or lower the risk of a future occurrence(s) of the pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s);

select one or more actions and one or more interfaces for the person under restriction; and

implement the selected action(s) and interface(s) for the person under restriction.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein the person under restriction comprises a group of at least two persons under restriction, and wherein the system is configured for monitoring for and preempting pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) of the group of at two persons under restriction, whereby a violation by any person of the group may be deemed to be a violation for the entire group of at least persons under restriction.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the group of at least two persons under restriction comprise one or more of:

a group of at least two children under restriction, and the system is configured for monitoring for and preempting pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) of the group of at least two children under restriction; and

/or

a group of at least two persons living together who are under restriction, and the system is configured for monitoring for and preempting pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) of the group of at least two persons living together; and

/or

a cell block of prisoners under restriction, and the system is configured for monitoring for and preempting pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) of the cell block of prisoners under restriction, whereby a violation by any prisoner of the cell block may be deemed to be a violation for the entire cell block of prisoners.

29. A system comprising a plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks configured to collect data for a person under restriction, wherein the system is configured to restrict and condition access to data for the person under restriction collected by the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks based on a user'"'"'s selection of location-based data from a plurality of options presented by the system for selection, the plurality of options including the location-based data and one or more other options that are selectable by the user, whereby the user is the person under restriction, another person, and/or an accessor;

wherein;

the system is configured to determine at least one historical location and at least one historical context of the at least one determined historical location;

the system is configured to, in connection with the determining the at least one historical location and the at least one historical context;

determine the at least one historical location based on data obtained through at least one location sensor; and

determine the at least one historical context based on data obtained through the at least one location sensor and/or at least one different sensor;

the system is further configured to;

receive a request for access by the user to data for the person under restriction obtained through the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications network;

present one or more queries or qualifiers to prompt the user to select at least one of the plurality of options in response to the one or more queries or qualifiers;

present the plurality of options for selection by the user, the plurality of options including the location-based data and the one or more other options, the location-based data including data based on the determined at least one historical location and the determined at least one historical context, wherein the system is configured to include the location-based data in the at least one of the plurality of options based on a consistency between (a) the one or more queries or qualifiers and (b) the determined at least one historical location and the determined at least one historical context; and

allow the requested access by the user to the data for the person under restriction based on the user'"'"'s selection of at least one of the plurality of options including the location-based data.

30. A system for monitoring for and preempting pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) of a person(s) under restriction, the system comprising a plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks, the system configured to:

determine, through a plurality of measurements/readings taken by the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks, behavior(s) of the person under restriction and context(s) associated with the behavior(s) of the person under restriction;

assess, evaluate, and predict a risk of a future occurrence(s) of a pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) and associated context(s) by the person; and

facilitate one or more pre-identified actions and/or activities to preempt and/or lower the risk of a future occurrence(s) of the pre-identified restriction violation-related behavior(s) by the person under restriction before a violation occurs;

wherein the system is configured to restrict and condition access to data for the person under restriction collected by the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks based on a user'"'"'s selection of location-based data for the user from a plurality of options presented by the system for selection, the plurality of options including the location-based data and one or more other options that are selectable by the user;

wherein;

the system is configured to determine at least one historical location of the user and at least one historical context of the user at the at least one determined historical location;

the system is configured to, in connection with the determining the at least one historical location and the at least one historical context;

determine the at least one historical location based on data obtained through at least one location sensor; and

determine the at least one historical context based on data obtained through the at least one location sensor and/or at least one different sensor;

the system is further configured to;

receive a request for access by the user to data for the person under restriction obtained through the plurality of different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications network;

present one or more queries or qualifiers to prompt the user to select at least one of the plurality of options in response to the one or more queries or qualifiers;

present the plurality of options for selection by the user, the plurality of options including the location-based data for the user and the one or more other options, the location-based data for the user including data based on the determined at least one historical location of the user and the determined at least one historical context of the user at the at least one determined historical location, wherein the system is configured to include the location-based data for the user in the at least one of the plurality of options based on a consistency between (a) the one or more queries or qualifiers and (b) the determined at least one historical location for the user and the determined at least one historical context for the user at the at least one determined historical location; and

allow the requested access by the user to the data for the person under restriction based on the user'"'"'s selection of at least one of the plurality of options including the location-based data for the user, whereby the user is the person under restriction, another person, and/or an accessor.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein:

the system is configured to determine the at least one historical context of the user at the determined at least one historical location based, at least in part, on data obtained through at least one biometric sensor; and

/or

the system is configured to present the one or more queries or qualifiers to prompt the user to select at least one of a plurality of options in response to the one or more queries or qualifiers, based on a memory profile for the user, the memory profile including one or more user-specific preferences for a query or qualifier.

32. The system of claim 30, wherein the system is configured to select one or more sensors through which to obtain the data to determine the at least one historical location of the user and the at least one historical context of the user, based on a memory profile for the user, the memory profile including one or more user specific preferences defining one or more types of sensors through which the data used for determining the at least one historical location and the at least one historical context of the user at the at least one determined historical location is obtained.

33. The system of claim 30, wherein the system is configured to:

predict, based on the determined at least one historical location of the user and the determined at least one historical context of the user at the determined at least one historical location, at least one future location of the user and at least one future context of the user at the predicted at least one future location; and

present the plurality of options for selection by the user, the plurality of options including the location-based data for the user, the location-based data for the user based on the predicted at least one future location of the user and the predicted at least one future context of the user at the predicted at least one future location.