Patent ID: RE44085

Claim:
A monitoring system to provide for monitoring a plurality of monitored persons, the monitoring system comprising: a) a portable monitoring device for each of the monitored persons, each portable monitoring device comprising: 1) securing means to provide for secure attachment of the portable monitoring device to a respective monitored person; 2) monitoring means to provide for detecting a bodily signal produced by the monitored person; 3) transmitting means to provide for transmission of a signal; 4) tamper detection means to provide for detecting tampering with the portable monitoring device attached to the respective monitored person; 5) receiving means to provide for receiving a distinct signal generated by a detached sending unit; 6) intervention means to provide for a mechanical intervention to physically dissuade the respective monitored person from a specific course of action; b) transmission acquisition means to provide for receiving the signals sent out by each of the portable monitoring devices; c) bodily signal reference creation means to provide for creation of a bodily signal reference as detected by the monitoring means; and d) storage means to provide for an archival retention within a database of at least a series of bodily signal references of each of the portable monitoring devices of the monitoring system.