Patent ID: 8314695

Claim:
A method for monitoring a pet, comprising: establishing a safe location for at least one pet using a base station positioned within said safe location and a receiver connectable to said at least one pet, wherein said base station and said receiver communicate with each other by radio frequency transmissions while said at least one pet is within said safe location; notifying a service center when said at least one pet is outside said safe location, wherein said pet is outside said safe location when said base station and said receiver are no longer in communication by radio frequency transmissions; tracking said at least one pet using a global positioning system (GPS) when said at least one pet is outside said safe location; notifying a pet owner by said service center when said at least one pet is outside said safe location; requesting by said pet owner that said service center provide location information obtained in said tracking step; and providing by said service center to said owner said location information obtained during said tracking step after receiving a request from said pet owner in said requesting step.