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Authorized location monitoring and notifications therefor

  • US 10,609,516 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2016
  • Issued: 03/31/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A location monitoring system for managing location information pertaining to a plurality of mobile computing devices supported by a wireless network, each of the mobile computing devices being associated with and proximate to a corresponding object, said location monitoring system comprising:

  • a computer configured to access locations of each of the plurality of mobile computing devices, and said computer enabling authorized users to access the locations of the mobile computing devices,wherein said computer is configured to enable setting a plurality of user-specified predetermined notification locations for each of the plurality of mobile computing devices,wherein said computer determines whether notification should be sent to an authorized user based on the location of the mobile computing device corresponding to an object and based on at least one of the plurality of user-specified predetermined notification locations for the mobile computing device corresponding to the object,wherein said computer sends an electronic notification to the authorized user when it has been determined that notification should be sent to the authorized user,wherein said computer determines whether the location of the mobile computing device corresponding to the object corresponds to at least one of the plurality of user-specified predetermined notification locations for the mobile computing device corresponding to the object, and generates the electronic notification when it is determined that the location of the mobile computing device corresponding to the object corresponds to the at least one of the plurality of user-specified predetermined notification locations for the mobile computing device corresponding to the object,wherein said computer is configured to store a user-specific identifier for each of the plurality of user-specified predetermined notification locations for the mobile computing device corresponding to the object, andwherein the electronic notification generated concerning the mobile computing device corresponding to the object is customized to include at least the user-specified identifier for at least one of the plurality of user-specified predetermined notification locations for the mobile computing device corresponding to the object, the included user-specified identifier being the user-specified identifier from the stored user-specified identifiers that corresponds to the location of the mobile computing device corresponding to the object.

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