Patent ID: 6847892

Claim:
A system for localizing and sensing objects and providing alerts to users, the system comprising: a plurality of remote localizing and sensing devices associated with the objects, each remote localizing and sensing device including: a localization receiver for receiving localization signals; one or more sensors for providing sensor data; memory for storing the alert threshold values pertaining to one or more of the sensors and location; a processor configured to determine location based on the localization signals and to signal alerts by comparing the localization signals and sensor data to the alert threshold values; and a modem for communicating the alerts, the location and the sensor data to an ASP; a plurality of user alert devices for receiving the alerts, the location and the sensor data; a plurality of user interface devices for receiving from the users indication of the alert threshold values; and an application service provider (ASP) for receiving the alert threshold values from the user interface devices, the ASP including: a database for associating each user with a particular remote localizing and sensing device and associating the particular remote localizing and sensing device to particular alert threshold values and associating the particular remote localizing and sensing device to a group of the plurality of alert devices; a processor for communicating the particular alert threshold values to the particular remote localizing and sensing device; and a processor for communicating alerts generated by the particular remote localizing and sensing device and sensor data from the particular remote localizing and sensing device to the particular alert devices according to a predetermined priority.