Patent ID: 7729532

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a central server and from a potential guardian, a request to register as a guardian; prompting, by the central server and after the receiving of the request, the potential guardian for required registration information; receiving, by the central server and after the prompting, the required registration information; conducting, by the central server and after the receiving of the required registration information and based at least in part on the required registration information, a background check of the potential guardian; providing to the potential guardian, by the central server and in the case that the conducting of the background check is successful, information instructive of how to participate in remote monitoring sessions of sites; testing, by the central server, the potential guardian; storing, by the central server and in the case that the potential guardian passes the testing, information associated with the potential guardian in a database; and providing, by the central server and in the case that the potential guardian passes the testing, software necessary for participation in remote monitoring sessions of sites.