Remote time based accountability system

• US 20070071225A1
• Filed: 07/20/2006
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Juliet Leyland
• Original Assignee: Juliet Leyland
• Inventors: Leyland, Juliet
• Application Number:
  US11/489,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20070071225A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/265.60
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/745 Customizing according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. friends or family
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0108 Customization according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. customer preferences, friends and family, selecting services or billing options, Personal Communication Systems [PCS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42365 Presence services providing information on the willingness to communicate or the ability to communicate in terms of media capability or network connectivity

Abstract

The present invention is a method for operating a remote time based accountability system comprising the steps of receiving and storing information from a non-automated communication from a user, determining an emergency services contact telephone number based on receiving and storing information from the communication, generating a schedule based on the receiving and storing information from the communication from the user, determining if any new non-automated communication is received from the user before the expiration of the schedule, and performing a calling routine based on determining if any new communication has been a received from the user.

Claims

1. A method for operating a remote time based accountability system comprising the steps of:

receiving and storing information from an initial non-automated communication from a user;

determining at least one contact telephone number based on said step of receiving and storing information from said communication;

generating a schedule based on said receiving and storing information from said communication from said user;

determining if any new non-automated communication is received from said user before the expiration of said schedule; and

performing a calling routine to said at least one contact telephone number based on said step of determining if any new non-automated communication has been a received from said user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said determining if any new non-automated communication is received step determines that a new non-automated communication has been received, and said performing a calling routine step comprises confirming receipt of said new non-automated communication to said at least one contact telephone number.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said determining if any new non-automated communication is received step determines that a new non-automated communication has not been received, and said performing a calling routine step comprises providing information regarding the failure of the user to verify with the remote time based accountability system to said at least one contact telephone number.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said information comprises the user'"'"'s destination location.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one contact telephone number comprises a plurality of contact telephone numbers.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein said step of performing a calling routine comprises calling each of said plurality of contact telephone numbers until a valid response is received.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein said plurality of contact telephone numbers further comprises a personal emergency contact.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said step of performing a calling routine comprises calling each of said plurality of contact telephone numbers until a valid response is received, and in the event a valid response is not received, said personal emergency contact is called.

9. The method of claim 5 wherein said plurality of contact telephone numbers further comprises an emergency services contact.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said step of performing a calling routine comprises calling each of said plurality of contact telephone numbers until a valid response is received, and in the event a valid response is not received, said emergency services contact is called.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein said non-automated communications are received via a landline telephone network.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said non-automated communications are received via a cellular telephone network.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein said non-automated communications are received via a computer network.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein said non-automated communications comprises a unique user identification.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein said schedule is based on a total elapsed time since said initial non-automated communication.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein said schedule is based on a single target time.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein said schedule is based on multiple target times.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein said information comprises the user'"'"'s destination location and said schedule is based on an estimated time of arrival.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein said information comprises the user'"'"'s destination location and said schedule is based on said destination location.