Patent ID: 8126424

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a first communication indicative of an initiation of a security period associated with a personal security service subscriber; receiving a personalized message including voice content provided by the subscriber; maintaining the personalized message in an escrow storage during the security period; processing the voice content of the personalized message to derive one or more text-based elements; generating information characterizing an itinerary of the subscriber during the security period based in part on a comparison of the derived one or more text-based elements against a dictionary of known physical locations, wherein the itinerary includes a starting point, a destination point, and a candidate route between the starting point and the destination point; causing a visual representation of the candidate route to be presented to the subscriber for confirmation; and delivering the personalized message, information characterizing the visual representation of the candidate route, or both, to one or more recipients upon determining an occurrence of a security event including deviation from the itinerary during the security period associated with the subscriber.