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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Zos Communications, Llc, Webster, NY (US);
Russell Ziskind, Webster, NY (US);
Anthony Audi, Rochester, NY (US);
Chris McKechney, Marion, NY (US);
ZOS Communications, LLC, Webster, NY (US);
Abstract
A tracking system in which positioning alerts are communicated to a first user device from a second user device, the tracking system including a positioning sensor that determines a current location of the second user device; a controller in communication with the positioning sensor; and a memory including instructions to: receive a first set of current locations from the positioning sensor, generate, at a start of a candidacy period, a candidate geofence including the first set, receive a second set of current locations from the positioning sensor, when, by an end of the candidacy period, the entirety of the second is within the candidate geofence, communicate a stop motion message to the first user device, receive a third set of current locations from the positioning sensor, and when any of the third set is outside an active geofence, communicate a start motion message to the first user device.