MOBILE TRACKING IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20130271280A1
• Filed: 04/13/2012
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Khalid Hamad Motleb Alnafisah
• Original Assignee: Khalid Hamad Motleb Alnafisah
• Inventors: ALNAFISAH, Khalid Hamad Motleb
• Granted Patent: US 8,976,022 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0009 Transmission of position information to remote stations involving assistance data G01S5/0236
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

A mobile tracking identification system, method, and computer program product uses a tracking chip, a pickup apparatus, a wireless network, and a controller unit. The tracking chip is disposed within a human body and is configured to passively transmit a data beacon via a wireless link. The pickup apparatus is configured to generate a triggering signal that activates the tracking chip as well as receive a data beacon from the tracking chip. The wireless network is configured to relay the data beacon from the pickup apparatus via a transmission medium. The controller unit is configured to receive the data beacon from the wireless network and generate geolocational data, store the geolocational data to produce a tracking vector, and initiate a commandeering function as needed.

Claims

1. A mobile tracking and identification system comprising:

a tracking chip disposed in a human body and configured to passively transmit a data beacon via a wireless link once the tracking chip has been activated by a wireless RFID signal or a wireless triggering signal;

a pickup apparatus configured to generate the wireless RFID signal or wireless triggering signal that activates the tracking chip and receive the data beacon generated from the tracking chip once activated;

a wireless network configured to relay the data beacon from the pickup apparatus over a wireless transmission medium; and

a controller unit configured to receive the data beacon generated by the wireless network and generate geolocational data, store the geolocation data to produce a tracking vector, and initiate a commandeering function, wherein

the commandeering function initiates the transmission of the triggering signal of the pickup apparatus located within a geographical region about the tracking chip and within communication range of the tracking chip'"'"'s said pickup apparatus, the pickup apparatus not being a dedicated component of said mobile tracking and identification system but commandeered for a limited time while within communication range of the tracking chip.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein

the tracking chip is also configured to actively transmit the wireless data beacon without the activation of the tracking chip.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein

the pickup apparatus is one of a remote or mobile receiving unit specifically configured to recognize, detect, and communicate with the tracking chip.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein

the data beacon generated by the activated tracking chip contains a hash key that corresponds to a unique identification profile.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein

the hash key corresponds to a social security number of an individual.

6. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

a profile database that contains a plurality of unique identification profiles that contains personal information of individuals and configured to perform a profile lookup based on an output of a hash function using the hash key provided by the tracking chip.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein

the profile database includes a plurality of unique identification profiles, each of which contains individual health information of an original individual as well as additional hash keys corresponding to additional unique identification profiles that contain individual health information of one or more individuals relating to the original individual.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein

the tracking chip is constructed using nanotechnology.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein

the tracking vector is calculated from geolocation data from a plurality of pickup apparatus platforms using a weighted sum of the geolocation data across the plurality of pickup apparatus platforms, the calculation represented by the following equation:

Tracking Vector=Σ

(w_GPS×

Data_GPS+w_WLAN×

Data_WLAN+w_CELL×

Data_CELL)

10. A tracking method comprising:

transmitting a wireless data beacon via a wireless link, the wireless data beacon being generated from a passive tracking chip disposed within a human body once the tracking chip has been activated;

picking up the wireless data beacon from the tracking chip once it has been activated using a remote or mobile pickup apparatus;

relaying the data beacon from the pickup apparatus to a controller over a wireless network via a wireless transmission medium;

receiving, at the controller, the data beacon from the wireless network;

generating geolocational data and a tracking vector of the tracking chip based on data contained within the data beacon received at the controller; and

initiating a commandeering function through one or more wireless networks to actively prosecute the a tracking chip, wherein

a commandeering function initiates the transmission of the triggering signal of the pickup apparatus located within a geographical region about the tracking chip and within communication range of the tracking chip'"'"'s said pickup apparatus, the pickup apparatus not being a dedicated component of said mobile tracking and identification system but commandeered for a limited time while within communication range of the tracking chip.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein

the data beacon generated by the activated tracking chip contains a hash key that corresponds to a social security number of an individual.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of:

accessing a profile database that contains a plurality of unique identification profiles that contains personal information of individuals and performing a profile lookup based on an output of a hash function using the hash key provided by the tracking chip.

13. The method according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

determining a communication protocol of the desired wireless network in which to transmit the commandeering signal;

transmitting a commandeering command to all eligible wireless devices within the desired wireless network of a designated region based on the communication protocol;

generating a list that contains all of the wireless devices on the wireless network that returned a response indicating that the device was able to be commandeered; and

transmitting a commandeering signal to all of the devices on the list, the commandeering signal commanding the wireless device to transmit a beacon that will activate the tracking chip disposed within a human body.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein

the tracking vector is calculated from geolocation data from a plurality of pickup apparatus platforms using a weighted sum of the geolocation data across the plurality of pickup apparatus platforms and is represented by the following equation:

Tracking Vector=Σ

(w_GPS×

Data_GPS+w_WLAN×

Data_WLAN+w_CELL×

Data_CELL)

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having program instructions stored therein that when executed by a processing circuit, implement a tracking method, the tracking method comprising:

transmitting a wireless data beacon via a wireless link and generated from a passive tracking chip disposed within a human body once the tracking chip has been activated;

picking up the wireless data beacon from the tracking chip once it has been activated using a remote or mobile pickup apparatus;

relaying the data beacon from the pickup apparatus to a controller over a wireless network via a wireless transmission medium;

receiving, at the controller, the data beacon from the wireless network;

generating geolocational data and a tracking vector of the tracking chip based on data contained within the data beacon received at the controller; and

initiating a commandeering function through one or more wireless networks to actively prosecute the a tracking chip, wherein

a commandeering function initiates the transmission of the triggering signal of the pickup apparatus located within a geographical region about the tracking chip and within communication range of the tracking chip'"'"'s said pickup apparatus, the pickup apparatus not being a dedicated component of said mobile tracking and identification system but commandeered for a limited time while within communication range of the tracking chip.