Patent ID: 9563995
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61B,G07C,G08B

Claim:
1. A method performed on electronic computer hardware in conjunction with software for determining a response to exposure of a monitored person to a prohibited substance, comprising: first receiving movement data representing movement of the monitored person over time; second receiving an indication that a monitored person has been exposed to a quantity of a prohibited substance; first determining, from the received movement data, movement activity of the monitored person for a period of time before the exposure was detected; second determining a risk parameter based on at least (a) the amount of the quantity of the prohibited substance, and (b) the movement activity; issuing a notice to a supervising authority in substantially real time when the second determining results in a risk parameter that is above a first threshold; and issuing a notice to a supervising authority in non-real time when the second determining results in a risk parameter that is below the first threshold; wherein the risk parameter represents a combined consideration of at least (a) the amount of the quantity of the prohibited substance, and (b) the movement activity; wherein the combined consideration comprises considering exposure to the prohibited substance when the monitored person was remote from a predetermined location during the period of time before exposure to be a greater risk relative to exposure to the prohibited substance when the movement activity indicates that the monitored person remained at the predetermined location during the period of time.