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PROXIMITY BASED AD-HOC MESSAGING, ALERTING, AND TRACKING SYSTEM

  • US 20180089978A1
  • Filed: 12/01/2017
  • Published: 03/29/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, performed by a user device, for tracking an individual, the method comprising:

  • determining that the user device is traveling in a vehicle;

    monitoring for presence alerts from other devices within proximity of the user device, each presence alert including an identifier of either a guardian or an individual for which the guardian is responsible;

    in response to receiving presence alerts, compiling a list that includes the identifiers contained in the presence alerts, the list including an identifier of a child device and an identifier of another user device;

    detecting that the user device is no longer traveling in the vehicle and, in response, sending the compiled list to a server;

    continuing to monitor for presence alerts from the child device; and

    upon ceasing to receive presence alerts from the child device, notifying the server that the user device is no longer receiving presence alerts from the child device.

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