Sobriety Monitoring System

• US 20120075094A1
• Filed: 10/17/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BI Mobile Breath, Inc. (Geo Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: BI Mobile Breath, Inc. (Geo Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Keays, Brad
• Granted Patent: US 9,228,997 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/063 preventing starting of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/4972 Determining alcohol content for vehicle safety devices B60K28/06

Abstract

A system and method of monitoring sobriety using a hand-held breath testing device that, on receipt of a user'"'"'s breath, generates a breath test signal comprising substance content data and user identification data, and wirelessly transmits the breath test signal to a breath test signal receiving station. The breath test signal includes substance content data and user identification data. The substance content data includes a blood alcohol level and the user identification data includes compressed image data. The signal receiving station is monitored by a supervisor who is able to intervene should the blood alcohol level be greater than a predetermined threshold, or should the user identification data no match with a reference user identification data.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring the sobriety of a user, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a handheld breath testing device that generates a breath test signal consisting of a user identification data and a substance content data in response to a user'"'"'s breath;

transmitting the breath test signal from the breath testing device to a personal mobile device; and

transmitting the breath test signal from the personal mobile device to a monitoring station.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring station is at least one of a:

mobile device of, email of and internet website.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the monitoring station is operable to store the breath test signal;

and

wherein the stored breath test signal is accessible by at least one of;

a family member, sober coach, and parole officer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring station is a vehicle interlock device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal mobile device comprises a first personal mobile device, the method further comprising the steps of:

providing a second personal mobile device, the second personal mobile device being in communication with the first personal mobile device;

sending a breath test signal request from the second personal mobile device to the first personal mobile device; and

transmitting the breath test signal from the first personal mobile device to the second personal mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5,

wherein the monitoring station is a vehicle interlock device;

and

wherein the second personal mobile device is operable to send a control signal to the vehicle interlock device, the control signal disabling an associated vehicle.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the breath test signal is encrypted by the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the substance content data indicates the presence of at least one of:

alcohol, narcotics, radiation, viral infection, bacterial infection and cancer.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user identification data comprises at least one of:

photographic, video, biometric, location, retinal, fingerprint, heat signature, voice, password, and verification key data.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring station is at least one of:

a mobile device, an email and an internet website.

12. The system of claim 1,

wherein the monitoring station is operable to store the breath test signal;

and

wherein the stored breath test signal is accessible by at least one of;

a family member, sober coach, and parole officer.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring station is a vehicle interlock device.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the breath test signal is encrypted by the mobile device.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the substance content data indicates the presence of at least one of:

alcohol, narcotics, radiation, viral infection, bacterial infection and cancer.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the user identification data comprises at least one of:

photographic, video, biometric, location, retinal, fingerprint, heat signature, voice, password, and verification key data.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the substance content data indicates the presence of at least one of:

alcohol, narcotics, radiation, viral infection, bacterial infection and cancer.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the user identification data comprises at least one of:

photographic, video, biometric, location, retinal, fingerprint, heat signature, voice, password, and verification key data.

10. A system for monitoring the sobriety of a user comprising:

a breath testing module for generating a breath test signal, the breath test signal including at least a substance content data and a user identification data;

a mobile device module in communication with the breath testing module; and

a monitoring station in communication with the mobile device.

17. A personal mobile device comprising a memory having stored thereon a set of computer readable instructions which when executed by the mobile device enables the mobile device perform the steps of:

communicatively coupling the mobile device and a medical monitoring device;

communicatively coupling the mobile device and a monitoring station;

receiving user medical state information from the medical monitoring device, the medical state information including at least substance content data and user identification data;

transmitting the medical state information to the monitoring station, the monitoring station storing the medical state information.

18. The personal mobile device of claim 17, further performing the step of:

enabling access to the medical state information stored by the monitoring station.