METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING GEOFENCES FOR MANAGING OFFENDER MOVEMENT

• US 20160117910A1
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omnilink Systems Incorporated (Sierra Wireless Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Numerex Corporation (Sierra Wireless Incorporated)
• Inventors: Rajala, Yoganand
• Granted Patent: US 9,875,638 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

A computer-based system can generate geofences that are useful for managing offenders who are wearing devices that track their locations, such as offender monitors. In one mode, the computer-based system can track an offender'"'"'s movement patterns and associated times and utilize the resulting data to generate proposed geofences. In another mode, the computer-based system can propose geofences based on offender category. Establishment categories can be determined based on offender category, and establishments can be identified based on establishment category. Proposed geofences can be created for the identified establishments.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a network interface configured to receive location data transmitted wirelessly by an offender monitor for an offender;

memory;

a processor that is operably coupled to the network interface, to the memory, and to a graphical user interface (GUI); and

processor executable instructions stored in the memory for performing the steps of;

tracking locations and corresponding location times of the offender monitor; and

generating proposed geofences for presentation on the remote GUI based on the tracked locations and corresponding location times.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein tracking locations and corresponding location times of the offender monitor comprises placing the offender monitor in a learning mode.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor executable instructions stored in the memory are further for performing the step of

producing a map overlaid with the tracked locations and corresponding location times.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor executable instructions stored in the memory are further for performing the step of

producing a map overlaid with the proposed geofences.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor executable instructions stored in the memory are further for performing the step of

offering a user an option to adopt one of the proposed geofences.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the processor executable instructions stored in the memory are further for performing the step of

offering the user an option to modify the one of the proposed geofences.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor executable instructions stored in the memory are further for performing the step of

offering the user an option to modify the one of the proposed geofences by graphically expanding or contracting the proposed geofence.

8. A system comprising:

a network interface configured to receive location data transmitted wirelessly by an offender monitor for an offender;

memory;

a processor that is operably coupled to the network interface, to the memory, and to a graphical user interface (GUI); and

processor executable instructions stored in the memory for performing the steps of;

receiving identification of an offense category for the offender;

identifying establishments based on the offense category by querying a database; and

generating proposed geofences for presentation on the remote GUI based on the identified establishments.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein identifying establishments based on the offense category by querying a database comprises the steps of:

determining establishment categories based on the offense category; and

identifying the establishments based on the establishment categories, and wherein the database comprises an internal database or a vendor database.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor executable instructions stored in the memory are further for performing the step of

producing a map overlaid with the proposed geofences for presentation on the remote GUI.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor executable instructions stored in the memory are further for performing the step of

offering a user an option to adopt one of the proposed geofences.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor executable instructions stored in the memory are further for performing the step of

offering the user an option to modify the one of the proposed geofences.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor executable instructions stored in the memory are further for performing the step of

offering the user an option to change the one of the proposed geofences by expanding or contracting a graphical representation of the one of the proposed geofences.

14. A system comprising:

a network interface that provides Internet connectivity for communicating with an offender monitor;

a graphical user interface (GUI);

a processor that comprises memory and that is operably coupled to the Internet interface and to the GUI; and

processor executable instructions stored in the memory for performing the steps of;

presenting on one or more pages of the GUI one or more options for a user to select from at least a first mode and a second mode for producing geofences for the offender monitor;

in response to selection of the first mode, producing the geofences by utilizing the offender monitor in a learning mode; and

in response to selection of the second mode, producing the geofences by utilizing a database that relates offender categories to establishments.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein utilizing the offender monitor in the learning mode comprises presenting on the GUI a map that presents movement history of the offender monitor and a graphical representation of the produced geofences.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the graphical representation of the produced geofences comprises a graphic that the user can enlarge or shrink to change one of the produced geofences.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein producing the geofences comprises presenting on the GUI a proposed form of the geofences for user review.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein producing the geofences by utilizing the database that relates offender categories to establishments comprises:

receiving an offender category for an offender associated with the offender monitor;

relating at least one establishment category to the offender category; and

identifying establishments according to the at least one establishment category.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein producing the geofences by utilizing the database that relates offender categories to establishments further comprises:

displaying on the GUI a map that presents the identified establishments; and

presenting on the map graphical representations of the produced geofences, each graphical representation associated with at least one of the identified establishments.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the graphical representations are user changeable to produce corresponding user modifications of the produced geofences.