Patent ID: 9456301
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of tracking a wireless prisoner tracking device, comprising: maintaining, at a tracking service server, a map of a plurality of prisoner tracking devices to a respective plurality of femto-cell IDs respectively assigned to serve each of said plurality of prisoner tracking devices, wherein the tracking service server comprises one or more computing devices; receiving, at said tracking service server, before a scheduled location check, an indication that one of said plurality of prisoner tracking devices is reported as being in communication with a femto-cell other than a respectively assigned femto-cell; prematurely initiating a network initiated location request, by said tracking service server, for said one of said plurality of prisoner tracking devices when reported as being in communication with said femto-cell other than said respectively assigned femto-cell; and ceasing, by said tracking service server, said network-initiated location requests for said one of said plurality of prisoner tracking devices when in communication with said respectively assigned femto-cell.