Private wireless network communications systems, methods and devices

A method, comprising:

• receiving with a minder device, from a host server via a cellular network, an incoming message from a monitor device paired with the minder device in a software-defined virtual network (“closed network”);
• storing the incoming message in a message queue;
• activating a vibrator to alert a wearer of the minder device of an incoming message in the message queue;
• and,
• in response to the incoming message:
• i. clearing the queue if the message has been timely responded to by sending an acceptable response,
• ii. not clearing the queue if the incoming message has not been timely responded to,
• iii. causing a location fix and a time stamp to be generated and transmitted to the host server or the monitor device if the incoming message has not been timely responded to or the sent response is not accepted as an acceptable response by the host server or the monitor device.

A system, comprising:

• a monitor device configured to send, via a software-defined virtual network (“closed network”), a monitor notification or query, and to receive, via the closed network, a minder response;
• a minder device configured to receive, via the closed network, the monitor notification or query, and in response to the monitor notification or query, having a selector configured to select a selectable response (“minder response”) responsive to the monitor message, and to send, via the closed network, without a dial pad, the minder response;
• and
• a cloud host configured to:
• receive the monitor notification or query from the monitor device over the closed network, to route the monitor message to the minder device over the closed network, to receive the minder response from the minder device over the closed network, and to route the minder response to the monitor device over the closed network;
• and, ii) in response to an untimely or an unresponsive response to a monitor message, to generate a request for a network-assisted location of the minder device.