System and method for monitoring the location of a tracking device

A system for monitoring a tracking device, said system comprising:

• a tracking device interface for communicating with said tracking device;
• a network interface for communicating with a user;
• a processing unit for processing data and code;
• and
• memory for storing said data and said code, said data and said code together including data associating said tracking device with said user,
• location criteria associated with said user, and
• a monitoring routine operative to transmit notification to said user if location data generated by said tracking device satisfies said location criteria.

In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display and a selection device, a method for receiving input from a user, said method comprising:

• presenting a set of indicators on said display, said indicators each representing a previously defined discrete location condition;
• receiving input from said selection device indicating the selection of at least one of said discrete location conditions;
• and
• associating at least one tracking device with said selected discrete location conditions.

A computer-readable storage medium having a data structure embodied therein, said data structure comprising:

• a first field including data indicative of a user;
• a second field including data indicative of a tracking device associated with said user;
• and
• a third field including data indicative of a geographical area selected by said user to be used in conjunction with monitoring the location of said tracking device.