Patent ID: 7924152

Claim:
An article of footwear intended to be worn by a wearer, including therein: (a) a location determining apparatus for determining location information of the wearer; (b) a communication means having at least transmitter capability; (c) an encoding and control means for encoding the location information of the wearer of said article of footwear and for causing a location encoded signal to be transmitted by the communication means to a central monitoring station, said encoded signal also including a remote user identifier designated by the wearer of said footwear, said central monitoring station including a database for converting said location information into a street address; and (d) means for transmitting said location information of said wearer from said encoding and control means to said central monitoring station by using said remote user identifier, said means for transmitting said location information of said wearer being included within said article of footwear and, further, including means within said central monitoring station for communicating said location of said wearer to a remote user.