Systems and methods for hybrid non-exclusion zone violating route determination

• US 10,741,055 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2018
• Issued: 08/11/2020
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Quan-Zhen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Black-Childress, Rajsheed O
• Application Number:
  US16/221,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20190204099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 605 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 methods for aiding a monitored individual with monitoring compliance.

Claims

1. A monitoring system, the monitoring system comprising:

a user attached monitor device including;

a securing element operable to secure the user attached monitor device to a limb of the monitored individual;

a second local communication circuit operable to support communication via a local communication link;

a second computer readable medium including exclusion zone data; and

a user detached monitor device including;

a display;

a local communication circuit operable to support communication via the local communication link with the user attached monitor device;

a processor;

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

receive a request for routing between a beginning point and an ending point;

receive the exclusion zone data for the monitored individual from the user attached monitor device via the local communication link;

using the exclusion zone data, identify a route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate an exclusion zone; and

display the identified route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate the exclusion zone.

2. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the display is selected from a group consisting of:

a graphical display, an audio display, and a combination of an audio display and a graphical display.

3. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the processor is a first processor, wherein the user attached monitor device includes a second processor, and wherein the second computer readable medium further includes instructions executable by the second processor to request at least at least one exclusion zone data from a central monitoring station via a wireless wide area network.

4. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the request for the exclusion zone data indicates an area of interest between the beginning point and the ending point.

5. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the processor is a first processor, and wherein the user attached monitor device further includes:

a second processor; and

wherein the second computer readable medium further includes instructions executable by the second processor are further executable to;

request the exclusion zone data from a central monitoring station via a wireless wide area network.

6. The monitoring system of claim 5, the system further comprising:

the central monitoring station including a third computer readable medium including at least one exclusion zone data.

7. The monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the request for the exclusion zone data indicates an area of interest between the beginning point and the ending point.

8. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein identifying the route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate an exclusion zone includes requesting the route from a central monitoring station and receiving the route from the central monitoring station via a wireless wide area network.

9. The monitoring system of claim 8, wherein identifying the route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate an exclusion zone includes repeatedly accessing a third-party mapping service Internet site.

10. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein identifying the route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate an exclusion zone includes repeatedly accessing a third-party mapping service Internet site.

11. A monitoring system, the monitoring system comprising:

a user detached monitor device including;

a display;

a first local communication circuit operable to support communication via a local communication link with a user attached monitor device;

a processor;

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

receive a request for routing between a beginning point and an ending point;

receive exclusion zone data for the monitored individual;

using the exclusion zone data, identify a route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate an exclusion zone; and

display the identified route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate the exclusion zone;

the user attached monitor device including;

a securing element operable to secure the user attached monitor device to a limb of the monitored individual;

a second local communication circuit operable to support communication via the local communication link;

a second computer readable medium including at least one exclusion zone data; and

a central monitoring station including a third computer readable medium including at least one exclusion zone data.

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

a graphical display, an audio display, and a combination of an audio display and a graphical display.

13. A method for aiding a monitored individual, the method comprising:

receiving a request for routing between a beginning point and an ending point, wherein the request is received via a user detached monitor device;

receiving exclusion zone data for the monitored individual from a user attached monitor device via a local communication link, wherein the user attached monitor device is secured to a limb of the monitored individual by a securing element;

using the exclusion zone data, identifying a route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate an exclusion zone; and

displaying the identified route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate the exclusion zone via a display one the user detached monitor device.

14. The method of claim 13, the method further comprising:

requesting the exclusion zone data from the user attached monitor device via the local communication link between the user detached monitor device and the user attached monitor device.

15. The method of claim 13, the method further comprising:

requesting at least at least one exclusion zone data from a central monitoring station via a wireless wide area network.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the request for the exclusion zone data indicates an area of interest between the beginning point and the ending point.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein identifying the route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate an exclusion zone includes requesting the route from a central monitoring station and receiving the route from the central monitoring station via a wireless wide area network.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein identifying the route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate an exclusion zone includes repeatedly accessing a third-party mapping service Internet site.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein identifying the route from the beginning point to the ending point that does not violate an exclusion zone includes repeatedly accessing a third-party mapping service Internet site.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the display is selected from a group consisting of:

a graphical display, an audio display, and a combination of an audio display and a graphical display.