Tracking system for locational tracking of monitored persons
DCFirst Claim
1. A monitoring system to provide for monitoring a plurality of monitored persons, the monitoring system comprising:
- a) a portable monitoring device for each of the monitored persons, each portable monitoring device comprising;
1) securing means to provide for secure attachment of the portable monitoring device to a respective monitored person;
2) monitoring means to provide for detecting a bodily signal produced by the monitored person;
3) transmitting means to provide for transmission of a signal;
4) tamper detection means to provide for detecting tampering with the portable monitoring device attached to the respective monitored person;
5) receiving means to provide for receiving a distinct signal generated by a detached sending unit;
6) intervention means to provide for a mechanical intervention to physically dissuade the respective monitored person from a specific course of action;
b) transmission acquisition means to provide for receiving the signals sent out by each of the portable monitoring devices;
c) bodily signal reference creation means to provide for creating of a bodily signal reference as detected by the monitoring means; and
d) storage means to provide for an archival retention within a database of at least a series of bodily signal references of each of the portable monitoring devices of the monitoring system.
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Abstract
A monitoring system provides for monitoring of a person and taking an action to dissuade the person from a course of action. The system has a device attached to the person which includes mechanisms to provide for an intervention to dissuade the person from the course of action. The intervention may be in the form of delivery of either a medication or an electrical shock to the person. The system may further include monitoring of a bodily function of the person or positional tracking of the person. Various scenarios are described to provide for activation of the intervention. The system may include a second device in possession of a restrictor person with positional tracking of this person and comparison relative to the positional location of a restrictee person.
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1. A monitoring system to provide for monitoring a plurality of monitored persons, the monitoring system comprising:
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a) a portable monitoring device for each of the monitored persons, each portable monitoring device comprising;
1) securing means to provide for secure attachment of the portable monitoring device to a respective monitored person;
2) monitoring means to provide for detecting a bodily signal produced by the monitored person;
3) transmitting means to provide for transmission of a signal;
4) tamper detection means to provide for detecting tampering with the portable monitoring device attached to the respective monitored person;
5) receiving means to provide for receiving a distinct signal generated by a detached sending unit;
6) intervention means to provide for a mechanical intervention to physically dissuade the respective monitored person from a specific course of action;
b) transmission acquisition means to provide for receiving the signals sent out by each of the portable monitoring devices;
c) bodily signal reference creation means to provide for creating of a bodily signal reference as detected by the monitoring means; and
d) storage means to provide for an archival retention within a database of at least a series of bodily signal references of each of the portable monitoring devices of the monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A tracking system to provide for tracking of a plurality of monitored persons, the tracking system comprising:
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a) a portable monitoring device for each of the monitored persons, each portable monitoring device comprising;
1) securing means to provide for secure attachment of the portable monitoring device to a respective monitored person;
2) tamper detection means to provide for detecting tampering with the portable monitoring device attached to the respective monitored person;
3) receiving means to provide for receiving a distinct signal generated by a detached sending unit;
4) transmitting means to provide for transmission of a signal;
5) intervention means to provide for a mechanical intervention to physically dissuade the respective monitored person from a specific course of action;
b) transmission acquisition means to provide for receiving the signals sent out by each of the portable monitoring devices;
c) positional determining means to provide for generating a position reference indicative of a positional location of each of the portable monitoring devices based upon the distinct signal received by the respective receiving means;
d) a conditional database having an entry for each portable monitoring device defining rules of conduct for each respective monitored person;
e) violation comparison means to provide for a comparison of a status of each portable monitoring device indicative of the specific course of action of the respective monitored person against a respective entry within the conditional database to determine if a violation conditional exists; and
f) intervention activation means to provide for broadcasting a signal for reception by a respective portable monitoring device in response to an indication from the violation comparison means where the respective portable monitoring device activates the intervention means to dissuade the respective monitored person from the specific course of action which was detected by the violation comparison means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A dual tracking system to provide for locational tracking of at least one pair of monitored persons, the pair of monitored persons having a restrictee person and a restrictor person, the dual tracking system comprising:
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a) a restrictee portable monitoring device for the restrictee person of the pair of monitored persons, the restrictee portable monitoring device comprising;
1) securing means to provide for secure attachment of the restrictee portable monitoring device to the restrictee person;
2) tamper detection means to provide for detection of tampering with the restrictee portable monitoring device attached to the restrictee person;
3) restrictee receiving means to provide for receiving a distinct signal generated by a detached sending unit;
4) restrictee transmitting means to provide for restrictee transmission of a restrictee signal;
5) intervention means to provide for a mechanical intervention to physically dissuade the respective restrictee person from a specific course of action;
b) a restrictor portable monitoring device for the restrictor person of the pair of monitored persons, the restrictor portable monitoring device comprising;
1) transport means to provide for the restrictor person to transport the restrictor portable monitoring device therewith;
2) restrictor receiving means to provide for receiving a distinct signal generated by the detached sending unit;
3) restrictor transmitting means to provide for restrictor transmission of a restrictor signal;
c) transmission acquisition means to provide for receiving the restrictee signal and the restrictor signal;
d) restrictee positional determining means to provide for generating a restrictee position reference indicative of a restrictee positional location of the restrictee portable monitoring device;
e) restrictor positional determining means to provide for generating a restrictor position reference indicative of a restrictor positional location of the restrictor portable monitoring device;
f) comparison means to provide for comparing the restrictee position reference and the restrictor position reference subsequent to the transmission acquisition means receiving the restrictee signal and the restrictor signal;
g) notification means to provide for generating a notification in the event that the restrictee position reference and the restrictor position reference are within a predetermined distance measurement range; and
h) intervention activation means to provide for broadcasting a signal for reception by a respective restrictee portable monitoring device in response to an indication from the comparison means where the respective restrictee portable monitoring device activates the intervention means to dissuade the respective restrictee person from the specific course of action which was detected by the comparison means. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A tracking system to provide for locational tracking of a plurality of monitored persons, the tracking system comprising:
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a) a portable monitoring device for each of the monitored persons, the device being configured as a unit that is supported entirely about a single limb of that monitored person, the device further comprising;
1) a cuff configured to provide for secure attachment of the portable monitoring device to a respective monitored person;
2) a tamper detection circuit configured to detect tampering with the portable monitoring device;
3) a receiver configured to receive at least one distinct signal generated by at least one detached sending unit;
4) temporal location circuitry configured to generate data representing the location of the portable monitoring device at different times based upon the at least one distinct signal received by said receiver;
5) a memory configured to store the data from the temporal location circuitry; and
6) a transmitter circuit configured to provide for transmission of at least the data stored in said memory from the temporal location circuitry;
b) a receiver configured to receive the data sent out by each of the portable monitoring devices; and
c) bulk storage configured to retain within a locational tracking database at least a portion of the data sent out by each of the portable monitoring devices of the tracking system;
wherein the tracking system locationally tracks each of the portable monitoring devices and stores within the locational tracking database information regarding the location of the monitored person over time to thereby provide a movement history of the monitored person. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A tracking system to provide for locational tracking of a plurality of monitored persons, the tracking system comprising:
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a) a portable monitoring device for each of the monitored persons, the device being configured as a unit that is supported entirely about a single limb of that monitored person, the device further comprising;
1) a cuff configured to provide for secure attachment of the portable monitoring device to a respective monitored person;
2) a tamper detection circuit configured to detect tampering with the portable monitoring device;
3) a receiver configured to receive at least one distinct signal generated by at least one detached sending unit;
4) temporal location circuitry configured to generate data representing the location of the portable monitoring device at different times based upon the at least one distinct signal received by said receiver;
5) a memory configured to store the data from the temporal location circuitry; and
6) a transmitter circuit configured to provide for transmission of at least the data stored in said memory from the temporal location circuitry;
b) a receiver configured to receive the data sent out by each of the portable monitoring devices;
c) bulk storage configured to retain within a locational tracking database at least a portion of the data sent out by each of the portable monitoring devices of the tracking system;
d) an interface configured to enter a comparative location reference and a comparative temporal reference, the comparative location reference comprising at least one location reference, the comparative temporal reference having at least a specific temporal reference; and
e) a comparator configured to compare the comparative location reference and the comparative temporal reference with information from the locational tracking database to determine if any of the monitored persons were proximate to the comparative location reference during the comparative temporal reference;
wherein the tracking system locationally tracks each of the portable monitoring devices and stores within the locational tracking database information regarding the location of the monitored person over time and the comparative location reference and the comparative temporal reference may be entered for comparison with the information from the locational tracking database to determine if any of the monitored persons were proximate to the comparative location reference during the comparative temporal reference. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A tracking system to provide for locational tracking of a plurality of monitored persons, the tracking system comprising:
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a) a portable monitoring device for each of the monitored persons, each portable monitoring device being a one-piece unit configured to be supported entirely about a single limb of a monitored person, each portable monitoring device comprising; 1) securing means to provide for secure attachment of the portable monitoring device to a respective monitored person;
2) tamper detecting means to provide for detecting tampering with the portable monitoring device attached to the respective monitoring person;
3) receiving means to provide for receiving at least one distinct signal generated by at least one detached sending unit, respectively;
4) positional determining means to provide for generating a position reference indicative of the positional location of the portable monitoring device at a time based upon the at least one distinct signal received by said receiving means;
5) temporal marking means to provide for indicating, within at least a range of temporal references, an associated occurrence reference indicative of when the position reference to the positional location of the portable monitoring device occurred; and
6) transmitting means to provide for transmission of data, including at least the position reference and associated occurrence reference;
b) transmission acquisition means to provide for receiving said data sent out by each of the portable monitoring devices; and
c) storage means to provide for retention within a locational tracking database of at least a series of the position reference and associated occurrence references of each of the portable monitoring devices of the tracking system;
wherein the tracking system locationally tracks each of the portable monitoring devices and stores within the locational tracking database each of the position references containing information regarding the location of the monitored person and each of the associated occurrence references containing information regarding, within at least the range of temporal references, when the position reference to the positional location occurred. - View Dependent Claims (49)
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