Patent ID: 8768294
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G01S,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A server for tracking and providing emergency notifications for a plurality of mobile devices, the server comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, the computer-executable instructions defining a server application executable by the processor of the server, the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor of the server, causing the server to perform steps comprising: defining virtual boundaries of a geographic area to be monitored; receiving a communication from one of said plurality of mobile devices indicating a user of that mobile device is involved in an emergency situation, the communication including GPS coordinates indicating a geographic location of the mobile device; determining from the GPS coordinates and the defined boundaries of the geographic area to be monitored that the mobile device from which the communication was received is located in that geographic area; displaying the location of the mobile device on an image of the geographic area being monitored, based on the received GPS coordinates, and wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the server to: receive a communication from another mobile device of a second user indicating that the second user plans to travel from a present location to a second location, the communication including an indication of the second location and an indication of the amount of time it should take to get to the second location; track the position of the user based on GPS data periodically received from the mobile device; and send a text message to the mobile device if it is determined from the GPS data that the mobile device has not reached the second location within the indicated amount of time.