Patent ID: 8217796

Claim:
A system for providing monitoring of a child safety seat, the child safety seat being associated with a seat restraint system, the system being coupled to an indicator system of a vehicle and interfacing with mobile devices, comprising: a seat module having a connection sensor and a temperature sensor, the connection sensor being coupled to the seat restraint system and configured to provide a seat restraint status signal indicative of the status of the seat restraint system, the temperature sensor being configured to provide real time temperature readings near the child safety seat and responsively provide a temperature signal in response thereto; and, a control module coupled to the seat module and configured to receive the seat restraint signal and the temperature signal, the control module being configured to allow a user to establish acceptable interior temperature levels, the control module being further configured (a) to compare the seat restraint signal with a set of predetermined restraint parameters and to provide on-going monitoring and a first alarm signal using the indicator system if the seat restraint signal is outside of the predetermined restraint parameters and (b) to compare the temperature signal to the acceptable interior temperature levels and to provide a second alarm signal using the indicator system if the temperature signal is outside of the acceptable interior temperature levels.