Patent ID: 7462149

Claim:
A system for continuous remote blood alcohol monitoring of a human subject comprising: a monitor device adapted to be attached to the human subject, wherein said monitor device takes a plurality of transdermal alcohol concentration readings at predetermined time intervals according to a first schedule stored in a first memory in said monitor device without active participation by the human subject, wherein said plurality of transdermal alcohol concentration readings are stored in said first memory; a modem in communication with said monitor device, wherein said plurality of transdermal alcohol concentration readings stored in said first memory are communicated from said monitor device to said modem at predetermined time intervals according to said first schedule through radio frequency signals without active participation by the human subject, wherein said plurality of transdermal alcohol concentration readings are stored in a second memory in said modem; a monitor network in communication with said modem, wherein said plurality of transdermal alcohol concentration readings stored in said second memory are communicated from said modem to said monitor network at predetermined time intervals according to a second schedule stored in said second memory through a first communication link without active participation by the human subject, and further wherein said monitor network analyzes said plurality of transdermal alcohol concentration readings to determine if an alert condition exists; and a supervising agency in communication with said monitor network, wherein said monitor network communicates an alert to said supervising agency through a second communication link when said alert condition exists.