Patent ID: 7123141

Claim:
An electronic monitoring system for monitoring a client, comprising: a transmitter worn by the client that transmits status data regarding status of the transmitter at one or more predetermined frequencies; a client tracking unit carried by the client that comprises a wireless voice and data communication device, a receiver that receives the status data transmitted by the transmitter, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver that receives time-coded position data derived from satellites of the Global Positioning System that indicate the geolocation of the client tracking unit over time, and a memory that stores the time-coded position data; a monitoring center for receiving and storing the status data and GPS data derived from the client tracking unit in a database, and a web server communicating with the database; a wireless portable monitoring device carried by a monitoring individual not located at the monitoring center and who is tasked with monitoring the client that comprises a wireless voice and data communication device, and a web browser that communicates with the database by way of the web server to selectively access data regarding the client to remotely monitor the client to track the location of the client over time; and a wireless communication link for communicating between the portable monitoring device, the client tracking unit, and the monitoring center.