Monitoring and tracking system
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1. A system comprising:
- a parent unit, wherein the parent unit transmits signals; and
at least one child unit, which receives the transmitted signals from the parent unit, wherein the at least one child unit initiates an alarm on the at least one child unit upon failing to receive the transmitted signal from the parent unit after a predetermined amount of time; and
further wherein the parent unit is operable to identify the at least one child unit when the at least one child unit fails to respond to the transmitted signal from the parent unit and initiates an alarm on the parent unit.
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Abstract
The disclosed system and method may monitor and track people, objects or assets. A monitoring unit can monitor and track a number of monitored units. When a monitored unit exceed a certain distance from the monitoring unit an alarm is triggered to notify both the monitoring unit and the monitored unit. A parent or teacher may utilize a monitoring unit for a group of kids whom all have a monitored unit. The parent or teacher can easily monitor and track the kids with a monitoring system. Alternatively, the monitoring system can be used in a nursing home situation, for tracking pets, or other assets.
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25 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a parent unit, wherein the parent unit transmits signals; and
at least one child unit, which receives the transmitted signals from the parent unit, wherein the at least one child unit initiates an alarm on the at least one child unit upon failing to receive the transmitted signal from the parent unit after a predetermined amount of time; and
further wherein the parent unit is operable to identify the at least one child unit when the at least one child unit fails to respond to the transmitted signal from the parent unit and initiates an alarm on the parent unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of monitoring assets comprising:
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providing a parent device and at least one child device;
synchronizing the at least one child device with the parent device;
communicating signals between the parent device and the at least one child device;
initiating an alarm on the at least one child device when the at least one child device fails to receive a predetermined number of signals from the parent device;
initiating an alarm on the parent device when the at least one child device fails to respond to the predetermined number of signals from the parent device; and
identifying the at least one child device that initiates the alarm on the parent device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a monitoring unit;
at least one monitored unit which communicates with the monitoring unit, wherein the monitoring unit is operable to determine if the monitored unit exceeds a certain distance from the monitoring unit; and
a synchronization device, wherein the synchronization device is a cradle that receives the monitoring unit and receives the at least one monitored unit and associates the monitoring unit with the at least one monitored unit. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of monitoring pets, the method comprising:
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providing a parent device and at least one child device;
synchronizing the at least one child device with the parent device;
coupling each of the at least one child device with at least one pet;
communicating signals between the parent device and the at least one child device;
initiating an alarm on the at least one child device when the at least one child device fails to receive a predetermined number of signals from the parent device; and
initiating an alarm on the parent device when the at least one child device fails to respond to the predetermined number of signals from the parent device;
wherein the alarm on the at least one child device and the alarm on the parent device is triggered when the at least one pet exceeds a predetermined distance from the parent device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method for monitoring a patient, the method comprising:
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providing a monitoring unit and at least one monitored unit;
synchronizing the at least one monitored unit with the monitoring unit;
coupling the at least one monitored unit with the patient;
communicating signals between the monitoring unit and the at least one monitored unit; and
initiating an alarm on the monitoring unit when the at least one monitored unit fails to respond to the monitoring unit when the at least one patient exceeds a predetermined distance from the monitoring unit;
wherein the monitoring unit is operative to identify the at least one monitored unit that failed to respond.
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