Cellular telephone tracking techniques
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1. A communications device that enables monitoring of presence and movement of a holder of the communications device, comprising:
- a speed determining unit that determines a speed of movement of the communications device;
an analysis unit that analyzes the speed of movement of the communications device, as determined by said speed determining unit, relative to a threshold and determines that, when below the threshold, the determined speed of movement of the communications device is indicative of walking of a holder of the communications device and when above the threshold, the determined speed of movement of the communications device is indicative of motorized transport of the holder of the communications device;
a message generator that generates a message based on the determination by said analysis unit, said message generator being configured to select one of a plurality of possible, different messages based on the determined speed of movement of the communications device relative to the threshold; and
a communications unit configured to send the selected message to at least one other communications device from among a plurality of predetermined other communications devices, the at least one other communications device to which the selected message is sent being determined based on the determined speed of movement of the communications device relative to the threshold, such that both the selected message and at least one recipient thereof are determined based on the speed of movement of the communications device, as determined by said speed determining unit, relative to the threshold.
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Communications device includes a device speed determining unit that determines a speed of movement of the communications device, and a responsive unit that analyzes the speed of movement of the communications device and determines or enable a determination of whether it is indicative of walking of a holder of the communications device or indicative of motorized transport of the holder of the communications device.
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1. A communications device that enables monitoring of presence and movement of a holder of the communications device, comprising:
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a speed determining unit that determines a speed of movement of the communications device; an analysis unit that analyzes the speed of movement of the communications device, as determined by said speed determining unit, relative to a threshold and determines that, when below the threshold, the determined speed of movement of the communications device is indicative of walking of a holder of the communications device and when above the threshold, the determined speed of movement of the communications device is indicative of motorized transport of the holder of the communications device; a message generator that generates a message based on the determination by said analysis unit, said message generator being configured to select one of a plurality of possible, different messages based on the determined speed of movement of the communications device relative to the threshold; and a communications unit configured to send the selected message to at least one other communications device from among a plurality of predetermined other communications devices, the at least one other communications device to which the selected message is sent being determined based on the determined speed of movement of the communications device relative to the threshold, such that both the selected message and at least one recipient thereof are determined based on the speed of movement of the communications device, as determined by said speed determining unit, relative to the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product resident on non-transitory computer readable medium in a communications device and that enables monitoring of presence and movement of a holder of the communications device, the computer program being configured to:
- determine a speed of movement of the communications device; and
analyze the determined speed of movement of the communications device relative to a threshold;
determine that, when below the threshold, the determined speed of movement is indicative of walking of a holder of the communications device and when above the threshold, the determined speed of movement is indicative of motorized transport of the holder of the communications device;a select one of a plurality of possible, different messages based on the determined speed of movement of the communications device relative to the threshold; and send the selected message to at least one other communications device from among a plurality of predetermined other communications devices, the at least one other communications device to which the selected message is sent being determined based on the determined speed of movement of the communications device relative to the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- determine a speed of movement of the communications device; and
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15. A method for monitoring of presence and movement of a holder of the communications device, comprising:
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determining a speed of movement of the communications device using a speed determining unit; analyzing, using an analysis unit, the determined speed of movement of the communications device relative to a threshold and determining that, when below the threshold, the speed of movement of the communications device is indicative of walking of a holder of the communications device and when above the threshold, the speed of movement of the communications device is indicative of motorized transport of the holder of the communications device; when the determined speed of movement of the communications device is below the threshold, sending one of a first plurality of possible messages having different content to one of a plurality of predetermined communications devices using a message generator and communications unit, and when the determined speed of movement of the communications device is above the threshold, sending one of a second plurality of possible messages having different content than the content of the messages in the first plurality of possible messages to one of a plurality of predetermined communications devices using the message generator and communications unit. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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