System and method for monitoring the location of a tracking device
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring the location of a tracking device, said method including:
- defining location criteria;
associating said location criteria with a user;
associating said tracking device with said user;
comparing location data generated by said tracking device to said location criteria; and
transmitting notification to said user if said location data satisfies said location criteria.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring the location of a tracking device are disclosed. An example method includes defining location criteria, associating the location criteria with a user, associating the tracking device with the user, comparing location data generated by the tracking device to the location criteria, and transmitting notification to said user if the location data satisfies the location criteria. An example system includes a tracking device interface for communicating with a tracking device, a network interface for communicating with a user, a processing unit for processing data and code, and memory for storing the data and the code, the data and the code together including data associating the tracking device with the user, location criteria associated with the user, and a monitoring routine operative to transmit notification to the user if location data generated by the tracking device satisfies the location criteria. A graphical user interface and implementing data structures are also disclosed.
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53 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring the location of a tracking device, said method including:
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defining location criteria; associating said location criteria with a user; associating said tracking device with said user; comparing location data generated by said tracking device to said location criteria; and transmitting notification to said user if said location data satisfies said location criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for monitoring a tracking device, said system comprising:
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a tracking device interface for communicating with said tracking device; a network interface for communicating with a user; a processing unit for processing data and code; and memory for storing said data and said code, said data and said code together including data associating said tracking device with said user, location criteria associated with said user, and a monitoring routine operative to transmit notification to said user if location data generated by said tracking device satisfies said location criteria. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display and a selection device, a method for receiving input from a user, said method comprising:
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presenting a set of indicators on said display, said indicators each representing a previously defined discrete location condition; receiving input from said selection device indicating the selection of at least one of said discrete location conditions; and associating at least one tracking device with said selected discrete location conditions. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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53. A computer-readable storage medium having a data structure embodied therein, said data structure comprising:
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a first field including data indicative of a user; a second field including data indicative of a tracking device associated with said user; and a third field including data indicative of a geographical area selected by said user to be used in conjunction with monitoring the location of said tracking device.
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