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CENTRALLY MANAGED LONE WORKER MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

  • US 20150123787A1
  • Filed: 11/03/2014
  • Published: 05/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of central lone worker monitoring using a monitoring server operatively connected for two way communication via a data network with a plurality of locationally-aware mobile client devices each associated with a lone worker, said method comprising:

  • a. providing a monitoring database connected to the monitoring server which contains at least one lone worker monitoring profile corresponding to a lone worker to be monitored and their associated client device, each lone worker monitoring profile containing at least;

    i. identification of the lone worker and associated client device;

    ii. a designated remote check-in frequency for the associated client device;

    iii. details of periodic sensor stream data to be captured and stored in respect of the associated client device;

    iv. periodic sensor stream parameters, detection of the departure from which should result in notification to the operator of the monitoring server; and

    v. details of immediate alert conditions which should be detected by the associated client device, upon detection of the existence of which immediate notification should be transmitted to the monitoring server;

    b. providing lone worker device monitoring software on each client device, in communication with the monitoring server and the monitoring database via the network, said lone worker device monitoring software capable of;

    i. accessing and interacting with the lone worker monitoring profile associated with the client device;

    ii. transmitting remote check-in communications from the client device to the monitoring server, based on the remote check-in frequency in the lone worker monitoring profile;

    iii. capturing periodic sensor stream data on the client device identified in the corresponding lone worker monitoring profile, and transmitting same to the monitoring server periodically; and

    iv. detecting the existence of any immediate alert conditions identified in the associated lone worker monitoring profile and transmitting notification of same to the monitoring server;



    wherein every transmission from the client device to the monitoring server includes the location coordinates of the client device;

    c. providing interface software on the monitoring server, operatively connected to the monitoring database, which will;

    i. in conjunction with a user interface of the monitoring server;

    1. allow for the creation and modification of lone worker monitoring profiles in the monitoring database; and

    2. allow for notification to the operator of the monitoring server of the existence of any detected alert conditions in respect of lone workers being monitored;

    ii. receive the following types of client data transmissions from client devices on the network and storing details of those client data transmissions, being stored client device data, in the monitoring database in association with their corresponding lone worker monitoring profile;

    1. remote check-in communications;

    2. periodic sensor stream data transmissions;

    or3. immediate alert condition notifications;

    d. during operation of a lone worker monitoring loop, using the interface software on the monitoring server;

    i. scanning remote check-in communications stored within the stored client device data in the monitoring database to detect any failure of a client device to transmit a remote check-in within the designated remote check-in frequency and upon the detection of any such failure providing an alert to the user interface of the monitoring server;

    ii. scanning periodic sensor stream data stored within the stored client device data in the monitoring database to detect any departure of any of the periodic sensor stream data in respect of its client device from any periodic sensor stream parameters stored within the lone worker monitoring profile, and upon detection of any such departure providing an alert to the user interface of the monitoring server;

    iii. scanning the stored client device data in the monitoring database for any immediate alert condition notifications in respect of a monitored client device, and upon detection of any previously unnotified immediate alert condition notifications providing an alert to the operator of the user interface of the monitoring server.

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