US 2016/0260310 A1 · REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a system and methods for monitoring a person or animal remotely. The monitored person may be an elderly person, disabled person, or other person who may experience some difficulty or risks in living alone, or an animal. The system and methods use sensors that may be worn by the person or animal or attached to objects in the person's or animal's location to monitor the status of the person or animal and the objects. In response to certain information detected by the sensors, the system or methods may provide for notifying other individuals, including the person's family, friends or emergency response personnel or caretaker, that the person or animal needs assistance.

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Dependent claims

A remote monitoring system for monitoring a person or animal in a location comprising:

at least one sensor configured to detect information related to a status of the person or animal and an object in the person's or animal's location;
a gateway configured to receive and transmit data based on the detected information from the at least one sensor;
and
a cloud computing system comprising a server for receiving and processing data from the gateway and algorithms for analyzing a plurality of abnormal activities relative to a plurality of activity patterns, wherein at least one of the plurality of activity patterns further comprises an activity signal pattern of the object during a voluntary interaction of the person or animal with the object, wherein the cloud computing system initiates an action based on the received data.

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