Locating device and system
AssigneeGemini Technologies Global Ltd.
InventorsJennifer K. McBrierty, Tracy L. Alves, Michael J. Connors, Gavin Teale, John Ho
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Abstract
A device, method and system for locating and/or monitoring a person or thing. The system may include a locating device for determining global position, a remote device for initiating a location or monitoring request and a central controller for communicating with each of the locating device and the remote device. Remote devices may include cellular phones, telephones, email devices and internet devices.
Claims19
A method of transmitting a first party's location to a second party comprising:
- recognizing at the first party's location a transmission made from the second party to the first party;
- transmitting a data packet from the first party's location to a central controller, the data packet including location data and a source identifier that identifies the second party;
- and
- sending the first party's location data from the central controller to the second party's cellular phone and/or email address.
A device for providing a first party's location to a second party, the device comprising:
- a GPS receiver;
- a wireless receiver;
- an electronic storage medium;
- a microprocessor in communication with the GPS receiver, the wireless receiver and the electronic storage medium;
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- instructions stored on the electronic storage medium, the instructions for determining if the source of an incoming transmission is from a pre-determined originator ID and for sending a data packet to a central controller, the data packet including location data and data identifying the originator ID of the incoming transmission.
A method of tracking a locating device, the method comprising:
- defining a graphical boundary area on a central controller;
- wirelessly transmitting positional data from a locating device to the central controller;
- determining if the positional data is inside or outside of the boundary area;
- and
- notifying a third party that the boundary area has been breached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.