US 6,445,298 B1
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY MONITORING MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUALSGeneral
US 6,445,298 B1
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY MONITORING MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Daniel J. Wu
Art Unit:
2632 Digital and Optical Communications
Inventors:
Isaac Shepher
Assignee:
Priority:
12/21/00
Filed:
12/21/00
Granted:
09/03/02
Expiration:
12/21/20
Abstract
A system and method for remotely ascertaining movement or non-movement of an individual in order to determine a possible emergency condition. The system includes a plurality of base systems, a central monitoring system, and a plurality of client systems. Each base system is associated with a site to be monitored and includes at least one monitoring device for generating information in response to detected movement of an individual. The central monitoring system is remotely located from the base systems and is coupled thereto for receiving the generated information. The central monitoring system includes a database for storing and retrieving at least a portion of the generated information from each base system. Each client system is remotely located from the base systems and central monitoring system and is couplable to the central monitoring system for retrieving at least a portion of the stored information in the database. In this manner, the client system is able to determine the condition of the individual in a non-intrusive manner. The system can also be used in an alarm mode to determine when unauthorized persons have entered the site.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G08G08B13/19656G08B