Remote tracking device and a system and method for two-way voice communication between the device and a monitoring center

摘要

A remote tracking system is described including one or more remote tracking devices and a monitoring center. The remote tracking device includes a tamper-resistant housing intended to be held securely to a wearer by a strap, a positioning system receiver in the housing and operable to receive signals indicative of the location of the remote tracking device, a cellular transceiver in the housing and operable to communicate with the monitoring center, and a processor in the housing and in electrical communication with the positioning system receiver and the cellular transceiver, the processor operable to monitor a status for the remote tracking device. The remote tracking system is able to compare the location of the remote tracking device with a set of pre-programmed rules and establish a two-way voice communication between the wearer and the monitoring center upon the occurrence of certain programmable conditions in the remote tracking system.

主权项

1. A remote tracking device in a remote tracking system having a monitoring center, the remote tracking device comprising:
a housing connected to a tamper-resistant strap; a positioning system receiver in the housing and operable to receive signals indicative of the geographical location of the remote tracking device; a cellular transceiver in the housing and operable to communicate with the monitoring center; and a processor in the housing and in electrical communication with the positioning system receiver and the cellular transceiver, the processor operable to compare the location of the remote tracking device with a set of one or more pre-programmed rules, wherein the pre-programmed rules define permissible geographical locations for the remote tracking device, and wherein the processor is programmed to initiate, without human intervention, the establishment of a two-way voice communication channel between the remote tracking device and a monitoring center when the processor's comparison of the geographical location of the remote tracking device with the set of pre-programmed rules results in a determination that the remote tracking device is not in a permissible geographical location.