Patent ID: 8825089

Claim:
An electronic tracking device for providing evidence including tracking device's locations and movements between geographic locations, the electronic tracking device comprising: a processor; a global positioning system (GPS) device in communication with the processor; the GPS device to receive GPS signals, if available, and to generate GPS data corresponding to a location of the electronic device from the received GPS signals; a motion tracking unit in communication with the processor; the motion tracking unit to generate motion data based on movement of the electronic device; at least one of a camera and an audio detector to generate evidence data corresponding to presence of a person during the movements between the geographic locations; a data storage device in communication with the processor, the data storage device to store the GPS data, the motion data, and the evidence data at a plurality of different times, wherein the processor is configured to generate a data packet comprising the GPS data, the motion data, and the evidence data stored in the data storage device at the plurality of different times, the data storage device comprising: a first ring buffer for storing the GPS data, wherein oldest GPS data in the first ring buffer is replaced by new GPS data; and a second ring buffer for storing the motion data, wherein oldest motion data in the second ring buffer is replaced by new motion data, and wherein the GPS data in the first ring buffer is not replaced by the new motion data; and one or more communication devices in communication with the processor, the one or more communication devices to transmit the data packet to a remote server for evidence collection and monitoring the location of the electronic device based on the GPS data and the motion data.