Patent ID: 8707758

Claim:
A system for remotely monitoring the sobriety of a first user, the system comprising: a handheld breath testing device operable to receive a user's breath and determine whether alcohol is present within the first user, said handheld breath testing device including: a portable, cordless hand-held case having an inside, an outside, and one or more walls, a breath alcohol content sensor housed within the case for sensing a breath alcohol content of the first user, a digital camera housed within the case, a wireless transceiver housed within the case, and a controller housed within the case and electronically coupled to the digital camera, the sensor, and the wireless transceiver; and a server communicatively coupled to the handheld breath testing device, the server including a database; wherein the controller includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute the following operations: capture user identification data with the digital camera during a breath test, the user identification data identifying the first user, capture the breath alcohol content of the first user with the breath alcohol content sensor during the breath test, and transmit the user identification data and the breath alcohol content to the server using the wireless transceiver; and wherein the server further includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute the following operations: receive a schedule from a second user; receive the user identification data and the breath alcohol content; store within the database data indicating whether the user identification data and the blood alcohol content were captured in accordance with the schedule.