Personal tracking device
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving status signals with a portable device from a wearable device worn by a person, wherein the status signals indicate operational status of the wearable device, wherein the operational status includes an indication of whether the person has tampered with the wearable device;
determining location of the portable device;
transmitting messages from the portable device to a monitoring system via a wireless telephone network, wherein the messages include the location of the portable device and the operational status of the wearable device; and
adjusting transmission rate of the messages from the portable device to the monitoring system by reducing the transmission rate when the portable device is within a specified region and increasing the transmission rate when the portable device is outside the specified region.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring the location of individuals, such as parolees, includes a wearable device worn by the individual and a portable device operatively coupled to the wearable device. The portable device is operatively coupled to a monitoring system through a wireless telephone network. The portable device transmits periodically encrypted location information as well as status information across the wireless network to the monitoring system. The monitoring system tracks the location of the individual and alerts the appropriate authorities when the individual violates a rule, such as a condition for parole. The portable device increases the time between transmissions when the individual is within a specified home location and reduces the time between transmissions when outside the specified location.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving status signals with a portable device from a wearable device worn by a person, wherein the status signals indicate operational status of the wearable device, wherein the operational status includes an indication of whether the person has tampered with the wearable device; determining location of the portable device; transmitting messages from the portable device to a monitoring system via a wireless telephone network, wherein the messages include the location of the portable device and the operational status of the wearable device; and adjusting transmission rate of the messages from the portable device to the monitoring system by reducing the transmission rate when the portable device is within a specified region and increasing the transmission rate when the portable device is outside the specified region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising:
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storing a specified region in a monitoring system and a portable device possessed by a monitored person; receiving messages at a monitoring system from the portable device via a wireless telephone network, wherein the messages include location of the portable device; adjusting allowable time between the messages from the portable device by increasing the allowable time between the messages when the portable device is within the specified region and decreasing the allowable time between the messages when the portable device is outside the specified region; and alerting a law enforcement official of a violation, wherein the violation includes when the allowable time between the messages is exceeded. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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a processor operable to receive messages containing location of a portable device in possession of a monitored person via a wireless telephone network; memory operatively coupled to said processor, said memory being operable to store rules pertaining to said monitored person, wherein the rules include an allowable time between the messages and a designated area in which the allowable time between the messages is increased; wherein said processor is operable to increase the allowable time between the messages when the portable device is located in the designated area; and wherein said processor is operable to alert an individual when the portable device violates at least one of the rules in said memory. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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