Patent ID: 7336188

Claim:
A system for ensuring location of an individual or an object within a designated area, comprising: a monitoring band having a transmitter capable of transmitting a signal; a transceiver interface unit capable of receiving the signal and determining if the signal is a signal indicating that said monitoring band has been cut, hereafter referred to as a cut-band signal, or a signal indicating that said monitoring band is functional, hereafter referred to as a polling signal; a monitoring station capable of performing an event if said monitoring station receives said cut-band signal, or, if said monitoring station is monitoring said monitoring band, performing said event if said polling signal is not received by said monitoring station within a predefined period of time; and a receiver; a counter capable of increasing a count in accordance with a number of times that a polling signal having a unique identification is received by said monitoring station; and a storage device for storing said unique identification and said count.