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Personal monitoring apparatus and method

  • US 10,197,406 B2
  • Filed: 07/12/2018
  • Issued: 02/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2014
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a display, wherein the display is located on a first side of the housing;

    a keyboard or a touch screen keyboard, wherein the keyboard is located on the first side of the housing or the touch screen keyboard is accessible via the display;

    at least one microphone;

    at least one speaker;

    at least one camera, wherein the at least one camera is located on the first side of the housing;

    a memory or database, wherein the memory or database stores information regarding a travel schedule or itinerary, wherein the information regarding the travel schedule or itinerary includes information regarding at least one destination, information regarding a first time at which the apparatus is expected to travel from a first location to the destination, information regarding an expected travel route to the destination, information regarding a second time at which the apparatus is expected to arrive at the destination, information regarding a third time at which the apparatus is expected to leave the destination to travel back to the first location or to travel to a second destination, information regarding an expected travel route to the first location or to the second destination, and information regarding an expected time of arrival at the first location or the second destination;

    a global positioning device, wherein the global positioning device determines a position or a location of the apparatus, wherein the global positioning device is housed within the housing;

    a controller, wherein the controller is specially programmed to control an operation of the apparatus, and further wherein the controller is specially programmed to automatically and continuously monitor a location of the apparatus and to compare the location of the apparatus with the travel schedule or itinerary; and

    a transmitter,wherein the controller is specially programmed to detect a deviation of the apparatus from the travel schedule or itinerary or to detect an absence of, or a leaving of, the apparatus from an expected location on the travel schedule or itinerary, at a first detected time at which the apparatus is expected to be at the expected location, and wherein, if the controller detects a deviation of the apparatus from the travel schedule or itinerary or detects an absence of, or a leaving of, the apparatus from the expected location on the travel schedule or itinerary at the first detected time at which the apparatus is expected to be at the expected location, the controller generates a travel route deviation message containing information regarding a second detected time and a place of the detection of the deviation or the absence and a current position or location of the apparatus, and further wherein the transmitter transmits the travel route deviation message to a first communication device, and further wherein the apparatus initiates a telephone call to the first communication device or to a second communication device, deactivates an on/off switching functionality of the apparatus to prevent the apparatus from being turned off, and deactivates a telephone calling on/off switching functionality to prevent the telephone call from being terminated.

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