Patent ID: 8244468

Claim:
An expanded cellular communication system comprising: one or more tracking devices; a display device for displaying a user interface; a server coupled to the display device, the server having stored computer-executable instructions that, when executed at the server, configure the server to implement: a user dashboard interface module configured to display a user dashboard interface on the display device and to monitor a group of the tracking devices in accordance with user selected coverage zones; wherein the user selected coverage zones comprise coverage zones associated with one or more mapping areas determined to be at least one of a safe zone and unsafe zone; an alert module configured to generate an alert message in accordance with detecting a breach condition of one or more of the user selected coverage zones; an identification module configured to be user selectable to remotely set control variables of an individual or an object associated with a tracking device of the group of tracking devices to partially establish conditions determining if the breach condition of one or more of the user selected coverage zones occurred; and a battery management module arranged to set the tracking device in a low power mode for a specified duration in response to a loss of contact with the tracking device.