Monitoring apparatus and system
OwnerDillon James Korpmaninventor
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Abstract
A monitoring apparatus that provides multi-level monitoring of personal activities by a user. The monitoring apparatus includes a display, a user interface, a GPS location device, a timer or clock, and wireless or cellular communication transmitters or similar devices. The user designates one or more contacts who will be notified if certain pre-established monitoring conditions are met (e.g., if the user may be in trouble). When the pre-established monitoring conditions are met, the contacts are alerted and notified via phone, email, text, or similar means of communication, or combinations thereof, of the user's location, contact information, and the state that caused the alert and notification.
Claims28
A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- a case with a front side;
- a display located on the front side of the case;
- a user interface coupled to the display, and further comprising at least one data entry mechanism;
- a GPS tracking device located in the case;
- a timer located in the case;
- a wireless communication transmitter located in the case;
- at least one microprocessor in the case and in electronic communication with the GPS tracking device and the timer and the wireless communication transmitter, wherein the microprocessor is configured to monitor at least one monitoring parameter to determine whether a threshold value of the at least one monitoring parameter is met or exceed during a monitoring event or period for a user, and to automatically engage the wireless communication transmitters to contact at least one previously established contact upon meeting or exceeding the threshold value for the at least one monitoring parameter;
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- a deactivation means, wherein the deactivation means is configured to be engaged by the user upon meeting or exceeding the threshold value for the at least one monitoring parameter to delay contacting the at least one previously established contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.