Patent ID: 8301158

Claim:
A location monitoring system, comprising: one or more mobile electronic devices supported by a wireless network, each of said mobile electronic devices being associated with and proximate to a corresponding object; and a computer configured to store locations of each of said mobile electronic devices, and said computer enabling authorized users to access the locations of said mobile electronic devices, wherein the authorized users do not have to be proximate to the objects whose locations they are authorized to access, wherein said computer determines whether notification should be sent to an authorized user based on the location of a mobile electronic device corresponding to an object, the mobile electronic device being one of said mobile electronic devices, wherein said computer sends an electronic notification to the authorized user when it has been determined that notification should be sent to the authorized user, wherein one or more notification locations are defined for the authorized user through interaction with said computer, and wherein at least one of the one or more notification locations is assigned a location label by the authorized user through interaction with said computer, wherein the location label assigned by the authorized user is personal to the authorized user, and wherein said computer determines whether the location of the mobile electronic device corresponding to the object is at one of the one or more notification locations, and generates the electronic notification when it is determined that the location of the mobile electronic device is at one of the notification locations.