Method of and apparatus for individuals to maintain a trail of their well being and whereabouts
First Claim
1. An apparatus for recording the location and well-being status of an individual, said apparatus comprising:
- at least one central site comprised of a computer based environment; and
at least one terminal, remote from said central site, for periodically entering information verbally supplied by the individual, the periodically entered information comprising both a location of the individual and a well-being status of the individual, and for transmitting the periodically entered information to said central site;
said at least one central site receiving and storing the periodically entered information and, when a most recent one of the periodically entered information includes emergency information or when a further one of the periodically entered information is not received within a predetermined interval after the most recent one of the periodically entered information is received, for sending a message to an emergency contact.
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Abstract
The location and/or well-being information of an individual is voluntarily recorded. Location and/or well-being information is periodically entered by the individual and is transmitted to one or more central sites. The central site receives and stores the location and/or well-being information. When the location and/or well-being information includes emergency information, an emergency message is supplied to a prearranged emergency contact and the recorded location and/or well-being information, which has been kept strictly confidential up to this time, is released to the emergency contact. When further location and/or well-being information is not received within a predetermined interval after the most recently reported location and/or well-being information is received, an automated voice response system attempts to contact the individual. If the automated contact fails to connect with the individual, a customer service representative pursues the attempt. After both failed attempts, an emergency message is then supplied to a prearranged emergency contact and the recorded location and/or well-being information, which has been kept strictly confidential up to this point, is released to the emergency contact.
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63 Claims
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1. An apparatus for recording the location and well-being status of an individual, said apparatus comprising:
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at least one central site comprised of a computer based environment; and
at least one terminal, remote from said central site, for periodically entering information verbally supplied by the individual, the periodically entered information comprising both a location of the individual and a well-being status of the individual, and for transmitting the periodically entered information to said central site;
said at least one central site receiving and storing the periodically entered information and, when a most recent one of the periodically entered information includes emergency information or when a further one of the periodically entered information is not received within a predetermined interval after the most recent one of the periodically entered information is received, for sending a message to an emergency contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for recording the location and well-being status of an individual, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one central site;
periodically entering, at a facility remote from said central site, information verbally supplied by the individual, the periodically entered information comprising both a location of the individual and a well-being status of the individual;
transmitting the periodically entered information to said central site;
receiving and storing the periodically entered information; and
sending a message to an emergency contact when a most recent one of the periodically entered information includes emergency information or when a further one of the periodically entered information is not received within a predetermined interval after the most recent one of the periodically entered information is received. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An apparatus for recording the location and well-being status of an individual, said apparatus comprising:
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at least one central site;
means, remote from said central site, for periodically entering information verbally supplied by the individual, the periodically entered information comprising both a location of the individual and a well-being status of the individual;
means for transmitting the periodically entered information to said central site;
means for receiving and storing the periodically entered information; and
means for sending a message to an emergency contact when a most recent one of the periodically entered information includes emergency information or when a further one of the periodically entered information is not received within a predetermined interval after the most recent one of the periodically entered information is received. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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