Patent ID: 9549283
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for determining the presence of a person comprising: defining a plurality of locations in a data store; providing a user interface arranged to receive a user input, from a mobile device, to configure a first subset of locations of the plurality of locations to be monitored and a second subset of locations of the plurality of locations to not be monitored; storing the first subset and the second subset of the plurality of locations on the mobile device; associating the first and second subsets of locations of the plurality of locations with the person; associating the mobile device with the person; monitoring a geographic position of the mobile device; determining the geographic position of the mobile device to be within a vicinity of a first location of the plurality of locations; determining the first location to be among the first subset of locations but not among the second subset of locations; and providing a first indication from the mobile device that the mobile device is within the vicinity of the first location.