Patent ID: 11887456
Assignee: HERRON HOLDINGS GROUP LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of deferrable tracking of a subject individual's GPS enabled, network accessible mobile device, said method comprising:
executing a subject application on a requester's network accessible device;
a requester initiating, via the subject application, a request for a response from a subject individual's GPS enabled, network accessible mobile device that is in communication with the requester's device over a network;
initiating a deadline countdown timer at a remote server to monitor a time interval, the remote server in communication with each of the requester's device and the subject's device over the network, and the time interval representing a response deadline in which a response from the subject's device must be received by the requester's device;
monitoring the deadline countdown timer and the subject's device for the expiration of the time interval or a response from the subject's device prior to the response deadline;
wherein if a response is received from the subject's device prior to the response deadline, the subject application cancelling the deadline countdown timer without determining any geo location information of the subject's device; and
wherein if, and only if, the response deadline expires prior to a response being received from the subject's device, the subject application, via the remote server monitoring the subject's device, determining a geo location of the subject's device with a global positioning system (GPS) that is in communication with the subject's device and the network; and forwarding the geo location of the subject's device from the remote server to the requester's device.