Sobriety monitoring system
AssigneeSoberlink, Inc.
InventorBrad Keays
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Abstract
A system and method of monitoring sobriety using a hand-held breath testing device that, on receipt of a user's breath, generates a breath test signal comprising substance content data and user identification data, and wirelessly transmits the breath test signal to a breath test signal receiving station. The breath test signal includes substance content data and user identification data. The substance content data includes at least one of: a blood alcohol level and a narcotics presence. The user identification data includes compressed image data. The signal receiving station is monitored by a supervisor who is able to intervene should the substance level be greater than a predetermined threshold, or should the user identification data no match with a reference user identification data.
Claims8
A system for remotely monitoring the sobriety of a first user, the system comprising:
- a handheld breath testing device operable to receive a user's breath and determine whether alcohol is present within the first user, said handheld breath testing device including:
- a portable, cordless hand-held case having an inside, an outside, and one or more walls,
- a breath alcohol content sensor housed within the case for sensing a breath alcohol content of the first user,
- a digital camera housed within the case,
- a wireless transceiver housed within the case, and
- a controller housed within the case and electronically coupled to the digital camera, the sensor, and the wireless transceiver;
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- a server communicatively coupled to the handheld breath testing device, the server including a database;
- wherein the controller includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute the following operations:
- capture user identification data with the digital camera during a breath test, the user identification data identifying the first user,
- capture the breath alcohol content of the first user with the breath alcohol content sensor during the breath test, and
- transmit the user identification data and the breath alcohol content to the server using the wireless transceiver;
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- wherein the server further includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute the following operations:
- receive a schedule from a second user;
- receive the user identification data and the breath alcohol content;
- store within the database data indicating whether the user identification data and the blood alcohol content were captured in accordance with the schedule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.