Remote monitoring device and process
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1. A method of reporting activity associated with a first user and implemented on a first cellphone comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing detection control options on the first cellphone, which reporting control options include;
i. data reporting controls selectable by a user of said first cellphone for identifying reporting data to be reported for the first user; and
ii. an option for enabling said data reporting temporarily for the first user during a specified monitoring period, which specified monitoring period lasts for a first designated duration; and
iii. identification data for at least one second user designated by the first user to receive said data reporting for the first user;
(b) receiving data specifying a monitoring period during which said first cellphone can communicate said reporting data for the first user;
(c) processing said reporting data and causing at least selected portions of said reporting data to be communicated to a second cellphone identified for the at least one second user;
(d) wherein said reporting data can be displayed within a selected portion of a graphical interface of said second cellphone of said at least one second user;
wherein said detection control options authorize the second user to receive said reporting data over a first communications channel which is separate from a second communications channel used by the second cellphone to receive voice data signals.
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Abstract
A remote monitoring device is integrated as part of a cell phone or personal digital assistant. By sharing computing resources of a communications transceiver, the cost of a monitoring device can be significantly reduced, while still permitting sufficient functionality to effectively observe an area of interest, such as a child'"'"'s sleeping area. An alert is generated and transmitted to an observer using a separate transceiver when activity at the monitored area (i.e., sound or video activity) meets a specified threshold.
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1. A method of reporting activity associated with a first user and implemented on a first cellphone comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing detection control options on the first cellphone, which reporting control options include; i. data reporting controls selectable by a user of said first cellphone for identifying reporting data to be reported for the first user; and ii. an option for enabling said data reporting temporarily for the first user during a specified monitoring period, which specified monitoring period lasts for a first designated duration; and iii. identification data for at least one second user designated by the first user to receive said data reporting for the first user; (b) receiving data specifying a monitoring period during which said first cellphone can communicate said reporting data for the first user; (c) processing said reporting data and causing at least selected portions of said reporting data to be communicated to a second cellphone identified for the at least one second user; (d) wherein said reporting data can be displayed within a selected portion of a graphical interface of said second cellphone of said at least one second user; wherein said detection control options authorize the second user to receive said reporting data over a first communications channel which is separate from a second communications channel used by the second cellphone to receive voice data signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of reporting activity associated with a first user and implemented in part on a first cellphone comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing detection control options on the first cellphone, which reporting control options include; i. data reporting controls selectable by a user of said first cellphone for identifying reporting data to be reported for the first user; and ii. an option for enabling said data reporting temporarily for the first user during a specified monitoring period, which specified monitoring period lasts for a first designated duration; and iii. identification data for at least one second user designated by the first user to receive said data reporting for the first user; (b) receiving data specifying a monitoring period during which said first cellphone can communicate said reporting data for the first user to an Internet server computing system; (c) processing said reporting data at said Internet server computing system to transmit at least selected portions of said reporting data to a second cellphone identified for the at least one second user; (d) wherein said reporting data from the Internet server computing system can be displayed within a selected portion of a graphical interface of said second cellphone of said at least one second user; wherein said detection control options permit the second user to receive said reporting data over a first communications channel which is separate from a second communications channel used by the second cellphone to receive voice data signals. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A communications device adapted to report activities associated with a first user comprising:
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(a) a first routine executing on a first cellphone and adapted to enable reporting control options including; i. data reporting controls selectable by a user of said first cellphone for identifying reporting data to be reported for the first user; and ii. an option for enabling said data reporting temporarily for the first user during a specified monitoring period, which specified monitoring period lasts for a first designated duration; and iii. identification data for at least one second user designated by the first user to receive said data reporting for the first user; (b) a second routine executing on said first cellphone and configured to communicate at least selected portions of said reporting data for the first user during said specified period to a second cellphone identified for the at least one second user; wherein said reporting data can be displayed within a selected portion of a graphical interface of said second cellphone of said at least one second user; wherein said detection control options authorize the second user to receive said reporting data over a first communications channel which is separate from a second communications channel used by the second cellphone to receive voice data signals. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for reporting activity associated with a first user and implemented in part on a first cellphone comprising:
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(a) a first routine executing on the first cellphone and adapted to enable reporting control options including; i. data reporting controls selectable by a user of said first cellphone for identifying reporting data to be reported for the first user; and ii. an option for enabling said data reporting temporarily for the first user during a specified monitoring period, which specified monitoring period lasts for a first designated duration; and iii. identification data for at least one second user designated by the first user to receive said data reporting for the first user; (b) a second routine executing on the first cellphone for communicating said reporting data for the first user to an Internet server computing system; (c) a third routine executing at said Internet server computing system adapted to transmit at least selected portions of said reporting data to a second cellphone identified for the at least one second user; wherein said reporting data from the Internet server computing system can be displayed within a selected portion of a graphical interface of said second cellphone of said at least one second user; further wherein said detection control options permit the second user to receive said reporting data over a first communications channel which is separate from a second communications channel used by the second cellphone to receive voice data signals.
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