摘要 |
A personal safety monitoring system ( 100 ) can include a safety monitoring device or vehicle monitoring device ( 120 ) operatively coupled to a first short range transceiver ( 122 ) for monitoring operational safety parameters of a vehicle ( 118 ). The system can further include a wireless communication device ( 101 ) such as a cellular phone that includes a wide area network wireless transceiver ( 102 ) for communication over a wide area network ( 114 ), a second short range transceiver ( 105 ) operatively coupled to the wide area network wireless transceiver, and a processor ( 114 ) coupled to the wide area network wireless transceiver and the second short range transceiver. The processor can be programmed to establish a communication link with the safety monitoring device using the second short range transceiver and communicate a signal using the wide area network wireless transceiver to a predetermined address if at least one predetermined threshold is exceeded by the safety monitoring device.
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