Personal monitoring using a remote timer

A network server comprising one or more programmable processors having programming instructions stored in a processor memory which, when executed, are configured to:

• detect receipt of, from a network accessible device over a network, an initialization signal to initiate a monitored session;
• initiate a countdown timer of the network server to monitor a time interval;
• monitor a geo position of the network accessible device during the monitored time interval;
• send a first notification to a monitoring device responsive a conclusion of the monitored time interval without receipt of, over the network, an authorized personal identification (PID) value associated with a user of the network accessible device;
• and
• send a second notification to the monitoring device responsive to receipt of, over the network, an unauthorized PID value associated with a user of the network accessible device prior to the conclusion of the monitored time interval.

A non-transitory computer program stored in a local memory of a network accessible device and configured to be executed by one or more programmable processors of the network accessible device to:

• transmit, to a remote server via a network, an initialization signal responsive to execution of the computer program to initiate a monitored session having a duration established by a timer of a remote server;
• transmit, to the remote server via the network, a sequence of geo positions of the network accessible device during the monitored time interval;
• transmit, to the remote server via the network, an authorized personal identification (PID) value associated with a user of the network accessible device to terminate the monitored session prior to a conclusion of the monitored time interval;
• and
• transmit, to the remote server via the network, an unauthorized PID value associated with the user of the network accessible device to indicate an alert condition, wherein both the transmission of the authorized and unauthorized PID values provides an indication on a display of the network accessible device that the monitored time interval has successfully concluded, and wherein the transmission of the unauthorized PID value results in the generation of a notification, by the remote server, to a monitoring device of the alert condition.

A system comprising:

• a communication device adjacent a door at a selected geo position, the communication device comprising a transmitter and a receiver;
• a mobile network accessible device comprising a programmable processor and a memory that stores a subject application (app) as a sequence of program instructions executable by the programmable processor to initiate a monitored session responsive to communication established between the mobile network accessible device and the communication device and to detect a sequence of geo positions of the mobile network accessible device during the monitored session;
• a remote server in communication with the mobile network accessible device over a network and configured to, responsive to receipt of an initialization signal from the mobile network accessible device generated responsive to the initiation of the monitored session, initiate a timer circuit to monitor a time interval and to receive the sequence of geo positions during the time interval,
• the remote server further configured to:
• send a first notification to a monitoring device responsive the mobile network accessible device not transmitting an authorized personal identification (PID) value to the remote server prior to a conclusion of the time interval;
• and
• send a second notification to the monitoring device responsive to a selected geo position of the mobile network accessible device exceeding a boundary distance from the communication device.