Patent ID: 7941327

Claim:
A user-based monitoring system, comprising: (a) at least one remote user-monitoring subsystem configured to facilitate collection of user-related physiological data and including at least one monitoring unit, said remote user-monitoring subsystem comprises a microprocessor-based unit configured to receive a computer program, wherein said computer program, when executed, collects said user-related physiological data; (b) at least one central server remotely located from the remote user-monitoring subsystem and configured for communication with the remote user-monitoring subsystem to (i) receive signal communications therefrom and (ii) send said computer program to said remote user-monitoring subsystem; and (c) at least one authorized-user computer remotely located from, and configured for two-way signal communication with, the central server to allow an authorized-user to communicate with the central server upon transmitting an identifying authorization code and receive reports, based on said user-related physiological data collected by said remote user-monitoring subsystem, from the central server, wherein the reports include at least information on the current condition of a remote user being monitored.