Patent ID: 7993266

Claim:
A pre-symptomatic surveillance and alert method, comprising: distributing a separate personal apparatus to each human of a plurality of humans in a region, wherein each said apparatus comprises a proximity transceiver and a data storage device, wherein said proximity transceiver comprises means for transmitting proximity data to a computer controller and to each other said separate personal apparatus during a data acquisition time period, wherein said proximity transceiver further comprises means for receiving a notification from said controller; diagnosing a contagious disease in at least one infected human of said plurality of humans; downloading to said computer controller said proximity data from each said apparatus to produce downloaded data, wherein said computer controller analyzes said downloaded data to determine if at least one human of said plurality of humans requires notification, wherein notification is required if the personal apparatus of said at least one human is located within a predefined distance from the personal apparatus of said at least one infected human, wherein said computer controller further comprises means for transmitting said notification to the personal apparatus of said at least one human; analyzing with said computer controller said downloaded data to determine if said at least one human of said plurality of humans requires said notification; and transmitting said notification to the personal apparatus of said at least one human if said notification is required.