System and Method for Tracking of Mobile Resources
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1. A location monitoring system which comprises:
- a server for receiving location data from one or more location tracking devices during a monitoring session and storing the location data;
a display unit for displaying a graphical display and a map; and
a reporting device for generating the graphical display, whereby the reporting device utilizes at least one computer processor executing software code to perform steps including;
receiving location data from the server or from the one or more location tracking devices;
creating monitoring session data by calculating lengths of time associated with location(s) indicated by the location data;
generating, on the basis of the monitoring session data, the graphical display that overlays on a map, wherein the graphical display presents a visual indicator that identifies location(s) and amount(s) of time spent at the location(s); and
communicating the graphical display to the display unit.
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Abstract
A system and method for tracking items or people that displays the tracking data in a graphical display. The system receives location tracking data from a tracking unit which is stored in a server or set directly to a reporting unit. The reporting unit creates a graphical display indicating how long a user has been at various locations through changes in the location identification icon such as increasing the size of a circle depending on how much time is spent at the location. The system also can use multiple different tracking technologies to create a single monitoring session to be displayed to a user while tracking an object or person or combinations tracking units.
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1. A location monitoring system which comprises:
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a server for receiving location data from one or more location tracking devices during a monitoring session and storing the location data; a display unit for displaying a graphical display and a map; and a reporting device for generating the graphical display, whereby the reporting device utilizes at least one computer processor executing software code to perform steps including; receiving location data from the server or from the one or more location tracking devices; creating monitoring session data by calculating lengths of time associated with location(s) indicated by the location data; generating, on the basis of the monitoring session data, the graphical display that overlays on a map, wherein the graphical display presents a visual indicator that identifies location(s) and amount(s) of time spent at the location(s); and communicating the graphical display to the display unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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7. A computer-implemented method for visually displaying the amount of time spent at one or more locations, the method comprising:
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receiving location data at a server from one or more location tracking devices during a monitoring session and storing the location data; communicating the location data from the server to a reporting device that comprises at least one processor; creating, using the at least one processor at the reporting device, monitoring session data by calculating one or more lengths of time associated with location(s) indicated by the location data; generating, using the at least one processor at the reporting device, on the basis of the monitoring session data, a graphical display that overlays on a map, wherein the graphical display presents a visual indicator that identifies location(s) and amount(s) of time spent at the location(s); communicating the graphical display from the reporting device to a display unit; and displaying the graphical display and the map at the display unit.
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