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US 2014/0210618 A1Published application
Method And System Of Electronic Monitoring
AssigneeEarthsweep LLC
InventorsBrian C. Poe, Michael P. Miller, Bryon Sturgill
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Abstract
GPS data can be transmitted from a portable electronic device to a central database using either a cellular network or a satellite RF network. Multiple embodiments are capable of executing tools and techniques that automatically determine the network appropriate for given conditions, maximize GPS data transmission coverage, and minimize cost. Using the described technology, it is possible to detect, differentiate between, and utilize networks according to circumstance.
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1-12. (canceled)
A tracking device for real-time location tracking, the device comprising:
- a housing configured to be carried by a user, the housing holding:
- a global positioning system device (GPS) configured to collect geographic tracking device location data that delineates a physical location of the tracking device;
- a cellular transceiver;
- a satellite transceiver;
- a storage device configured to store the tracking device location data collected by the global positioning system device;
- a processor configured to:
- cause the cellular transceiver to establish a connection with a remote unit via a cellular network;
- and
- send the tracking device location data to the remote unit via the cellular transceiver;
- detect when the cellular network is unavailable;
- cause the satellite transceiver to establish a connection with the remote unit when the processor detects that the cellular network is unavailable;
- and
- send the tracking device location data to the remote unit via the satellite transceiver.
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A method comprising:
- collecting by a portable electronic tracking device carried by a user, location data that specifies location of the tracking device;
- storing the collected location data in a storage device on the tracking device;
- establishing a connection by a cellular transmitting device with a remote unit via an available cellular network;
- periodically transmitting the location data to a central database over the cellular network;
- detecting when the cellular network or another cellular network is unavailable;
- establishing a connection by a satellite transmitting device with an available satellite network when the cellular network and another cellular network are unavailable;
- and
- automatically transmitting the location data in the storage device to the central database via the satellite network when the cellular network and another cellular network is not available.
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A system comprising:
- a first portable device configured to be carried by a user for location tracking of the user, the device comprising:
- a first housing configured to be carried by a user, the first housing holding:
- a first global positioning system device (GPS) configured to collect geographic location data that delineates a physical location of the first portable device;
- a cellular transceiver;
- a satellite transceiver;
- a peer to peer transceiver;
- a storage device configured to store location data collected by the global positioning system device;
- a first processor configured to:
- cause the cellular transceiver to establish a connection with a remote unit via an available cellular network;
- automatically send location data to the remote unit via the available cellular transceiver;
- cause the satellite transceiver to establish a connection with the remote unit when no cellular network is available;
- automatically send the location data to the remote unit via the satellite transceiver;
- cause the peer to peer transceiver to establish a connection with a paired, peer to peer transceiver;
- and
- send the location data to the paired peer to peer transceiver;
- a second device that includes the paired peer to peer transceiver, the second device further including:
- a second global positioning system device (GPS) configured to collect location data that delineates a location of the second device;
- a second processor configured to:
- receive the location data collected by the first device;
- and
- wherein the system is configured to:
- generate an alert to notify a user of the second device on the relative geographic locations of the first portable device and the second device.
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A method comprises:
- collecting location data from a first portable electronic device configured to be carried by a user;
- storing the collected location data in a storage device on the first portable electronic device;
- causing a cellular transceiver to establish a connection with a remote unit via an available cellular network;
- automatically sending location data to the remote unit for the cellular transceiver to automatically communicate with a remote unit;
- causing the satellite transceiver to establish a connection with the remote unit when the cellular network or another cellular network is unavailable;
- automatically send the location data to the remote unit via the satellite transceiver;
- sending the location data stored in the storage device from a first Bluetooth transceiver in the first portable device to a second, paired Bluetooth transceiver device in a second, different device;
- receiving by at least a first one of the first and second devices locational data of the other one of the first and second devices;
- and
- determining by a processor in the at least first one of the first and second devices relative positions of the first and second Bluetooth transceiver devices.
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A monitoring device for real-time location monitoring, the device comprising:
- a housing, the housing holding:
- a global positioning system device (GPS) configured to collect location data that delineates a location of the monitoring device;
- a peer to peer transceiver configured to establish a peer to peer connection with a specified, paired peer to peer transceiver;
- a storage device configured to store location data collected by the global positioning system device;
- a processor configured to:
- receive location data collected by the global positioning system device;
- receive location data collected by a second, different global positioning system device from a tracking device, the data received, over the peer to peer connection established between the peer to peer transceiver and the specified, paired peer to peer transceiver;
- retrieve data corresponding to an exclusion zone for separation of the monitoring device from the tracking device;
- determine from the location data from the monitoring device, the location data from the tracking device and the exclusion zone data whether the tracking device has entered the exclusion zone;
- and
- generate an alert to signal a user of the monitoring device that the tracking device has entered the exclusion zone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.