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US 10,650,663 B2Granted
Systems and methods for multi-device restriction zone maintenance
AssigneeBI Incorporated
InventorsJames J. Buck, Jr., Joseph P. Newell, Dustin Pettit, Mike Cooke
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide systems and method for maintaining an exclusion zone data set in relation to monitoring individuals where the maintenance involves both a user attached monitor device and a user detached monitor.
Claims25
A monitoring system, the monitoring system comprising:
- a user attached monitor device, wherein the user attached monitor device includes:
- an attachment element configured to attach to a limb of an individual being monitored;
- a location determination circuit operable to generate location data indicating a location of the user attached monitor device;
- an exclusion zone violation determination circuit operable to determine whether the individual being monitored is within an exclusion zone;
- a user detached monitor device, wherein the user detached monitor device is portable and includes:
- a computer readable medium including instructions executable by a processor to:
- determine a location of the user detached monitor device;
- determine whether the individual being monitored is within the exclusion zone;
- and
- transfer control of determining whether the individual is within the exclusion zone from the user attached monitor device to the user detached monitor device.
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A method for monitoring an individual, the method comprising:
- providing a user attached monitor device, wherein the user attached monitor device includes:
- an attachment element configured to attach to a limb of an individual being monitored;
- a location determination circuit operable to generate location data indicating a location of the user attached monitor device;
- an exclusion zone violation determination circuit operable to determine whether the individual being monitored is within an exclusion zone;
- providing a user detached monitor device, wherein the user detached monitor device is portable and includes:
- a computer readable medium including instructions executable by a processor to:
- determine a location of the user detached monitor device;
- determine whether the individual being monitored is within the exclusion zone;
- and
- transfer control of determining whether the individual is within the exclusion zone from the user attached monitor device to the user detached monitor device;
- and
- receiving a message indicating a violation of the exclusion zone from the user detached monitor device.
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A method for monitoring an individual, the method comprising:
- providing user attached monitor device, wherein the user attached monitor device is secured to a limb of an individual being monitored, and wherein the user attached monitor device includes:
- a location determination circuit operable to generate location data indicating a location of the user attached monitor device;
- an exclusion zone violation determination circuit operable to determine whether the individual being monitored is within an exclusion zone;
- providing a portable user detached monitor device communicably coupled to the user attached monitor device via a local communication link;
- disabling the location determination circuit and the exclusion zone violation determination circuit to reduce power usage by the user attached monitor device;
- using the user detached monitor device to determine a location of the individual being monitored;
- and
- using the user detached monitor device to determine whether the individual monitored moved into the exclusion zone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.