Patent ID: 9491289
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G07C,G08B,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A remote tracking device in a remote tracking system having a monitoring center, the remote tracking device comprising: a housing connected to a tamper-resistant strap; a positioning system receiver in the housing and operable to receive signals indicative of the geographical location of the remote tracking device; a cellular transceiver in the housing and operable to communicate with the monitoring center; and a processor in the housing and in electrical communication with the positioning system receiver and the cellular transceiver, the processor operable to compare the location of the remote tracking device with a set of one or more pre-programmed rules, wherein the pre-programmed rules define permissible geographical locations for the remote tracking device, and wherein the processor is programmed to initiate, without human intervention, the establishment of a two-way voice communication channel between the remote tracking device and a monitoring center when the processor's comparison of the geographical location of the remote tracking device with the set of pre-programmed rules results in a determination that the remote tracking device is not in a permissible geographical location.