Patent ID: 9215578
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a monitoring system comprising: performing processing associated with receiving, with a monitoring station, an alert from a base station, the alert not related to location of the base station; performing processing associated with receiving, with the monitoring station, a message comprising current location data for the base station; performing processing associated with comparing the current location data to pre-established location data for the base station; performing processing associated with determining whether the base station is located substantially at a pre-established location based on the comparing; performing processing associated with responding to the alert using one process when the base station is located substantially at the pre-established location; and performing processing associated with responding to the alert using an alternate process when the base station is not located substantially at the pre-established location, wherein a remote device is associated with the base station, wherein the remote device comprises a GPS ankle bracelet for monitoring a first person, wherein the remote device is operable to determine location using GPS technology, wherein the alert is generated by the base station in response to the remote device having a low battery issue, wherein the pre-established location data for the base station defines a primary location for the base station that the monitoring station receives via a network from a workstation of a second person with a capacity to monitor the first person, wherein the alternate process comprises sending a notification to the workstation via the network for receipt by the second person, the notification notifying that the base station appears to have been moved from the primary location to a remote location based on comparing first location information for the base station to second location information for the base station, wherein the one process comprises not sending the notification notifying that the base station appears to have been moved, and wherein the method further comprises: