Systems and Methods for Monitored Individual Violation Instruction

• US 20190206229A1
• Filed: 12/15/2018
• Published: 07/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/01/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: B.I. Incorporated (Geo Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: B.I. Incorporated (Geo Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Buck, JR., James J., Newell, Joseph P., Pettit, Dustin, Cooke, Mike
• Granted Patent: US 11,037,434 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2205/002 for traffic control, mobile tracking, guidance, surveillance or anti-collision
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2205/008 using a mobile telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3209 Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3212 Monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being initiated when battery voltage goes below a certain level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3215 Monitoring of peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3296 by lowering the supply or operating voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0258 System arrangements wherein both parent and child units can emit and receive
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0261 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0286 Tampering or removal detection of the child unit from child or article
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0288 Attachment of child unit to child/article
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 : Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 : Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 : using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 : Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 : Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0277 : according to available power supply, e.g. switching off when a low battery condition is detected
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/028 : switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 : Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Various embodiments provide systems and method for monitoring individuals including, but not limited to, communication of information selectively to and from a user attached monitor device and a user detached monitor device.

Claims

1. A monitoring system, the monitoring system comprising:

a user attached monitor device including;

an attachment element configured to attach to a limb of an individual being monitored; and

alert circuitry configured to sense a violation and to communicate an alert corresponding to the violation to a central monitoring station;

a user detached monitor device including;

a display; and

a computer readable medium including instructions executable by a processor to;

receive a context of the alert;

format the context of the alert for the display; and

display the formatted context of the alert via the display.

2. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the violation is a violation of an exclusion zone, wherein the computer readable medium is a first computer readable medium, wherein the processor is a first processor, and wherein the user attached monitor device further includes:

location determination circuitry operable to determine a location of the user attached monitor device; and

a second computer readable medium including instructions executable by a second processor to determine the violation of the exclusion zone based at least in part on the location of the user attached monitor device.

3. The monitoring system of claim 2, wherein the context of the alert includes the location of the user attached monitor device.

4. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the violation is a tamper with the attachment element, wherein the user attached monitor device further includes:

tamper detection determination circuitry operable to detect a tamper with the attachment element.

5. The monitoring system of claim 4, wherein the attachment element is a strap, wherein each end of the strap is connected to a respective end of the user attached monitor device, and wherein the tamper determination circuitry is operable to detect a loss of continuity between the respective ends of the user attached monitor device.

6. The monitoring system of claim 4, wherein the context of the alert includes an indication of the tamper.

7. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the user attached monitor device further includes a first local communication circuit, wherein the user detached monitor device further includes a second local communication circuit, and wherein the context of the alert is received from the user attached monitor device via a local communication link supported by the first local communication circuit and the second local communication circuit.

8. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the context of the alert is received from the central monitoring station via a wireless wide area network.

9. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the computer readable medium further includes instructions executable by the processor to:

display guidance to resolve the violation corresponding to the context of the alert.

10. The monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the guidance is received from a source selected from a group consisting of:

the user attached monitor device, the central monitoring station, and instructions executable by the processor of the user detached monitor device.

11. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the computer readable medium further includes instructions executable by the processor to open a communication port based at least in part on the alert.

12. The monitoring system of claim 11, wherein the communication port is selected from a group consisting of:

a voice call, a video call, a real time messenger, a text message, and an email.

13. A method for monitoring an individual, the method comprising:

receiving a data set via a wireless wide area network communication circuit included in a user detached monitor device, wherein the user detached monitor device is associated with an individual being monitored;

transmitting a subset of the data set from the user detached monitor device to a user attached monitor device via a first local communication circuit included in the user attached monitor device and a second local communication circuit included in the user detached monitor device; and

wherein the user attached monitor device is attached to a limb of the individual being monitored using an attachment element; and

wherein when an attempt to remove the user attached monitor device from the limb of the individual being monitored is detected, the user attached monitor device communicates a tamper violation.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the data set includes instructions for operating the user attached monitor device.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the data set is received from a central monitoring station.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the tamper violation is communicated to the central monitoring station via a wireless wide area network.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the data set is a first data set, wherein the wireless wide area network circuit is a first wireless wide area network circuit, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a second data set via a second wireless wide area network communication circuit included in a user attached monitor device; and

transmitting a subset of the second data set from the user attached monitor device to the user detached monitor device via the first local communication circuit included in the user attached monitor device and a second local communication circuit included in the user detached monitor device.

18. A method for monitoring an individual, the method comprising:

using an attachment element to secure a user attachment device around the limb of the individual;

receiving an alert from the user attached monitor device indicating a violation by the individual;

sending a context of the alert to a user detached monitor device associated with the individual, wherein the user detached monitor device includes;

a display; and

a computer readable medium including instructions executable by a processor to;

receive the context of the alert;

format the context of the alert for the display; and

display the formatted context of the alert via the display.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the violation is a violation of an exclusion zone, wherein the computer readable medium is a first computer readable medium, wherein the processor is a first processor, and wherein the user attached monitor device further includes:

a location determination circuit operable to determine a location of the user attached monitor device; and

a second computer readable medium including instructions executable by a second processor of the user attached monitor device to determine the violation of the exclusion zone based at least in part on the location of the user attached monitor device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the context of the alert includes the location of the user attached monitor device.