On-site personal monitoring system

Claim 1

A monitoring system for determining the presence or absence of a monitored person at a particular site at a particular time of day, said system comprising: (a) an on-site subscriber station means situated at the particular site, said on-site station means comprising: i. a settable clock means for maintaining and displaying time and day; ii. a signal time-set means for retaining an entered pre-set time therein and associated with a warning signal means for emitting an on-site warning signal for a period of time beginning at the pre-set time entered into said warning signal time-set means; iii. a manually operable switch means associated with the signal means for manually deactivating the signal means during the period of time the signal therefrom is being emitted; and iv. an automatic communications means for calling a central station means and associated with the warning signal means and activatable by said warning signal means when the warning signal means is not manually deactivated during the period of time the warning signal therefrom is being emitted; and (b) a central station means for receiving calls by the communications means and situated remotely from the on-site station means, said central station means comprising: i. data storage means for storing data relating to the monitored person; ii. data display means for displaying said data related to the monitored person; iii. data interpretation means associated with the data storage means and the data display means and in communication with and activatable by a call from the automatic communications means of the on-site station means for receiving and interpreting a call from said automatic communications means, retrieving corresponding data from the data storage means and displaying said data on the data display means.

Claim 10

A method for determining the presence or absence of a monitored person at a particular site at a particular time of day, said method comprising: (a) providing at the particular site an on-site subscriber station means in communication with a remote central station means and having a warning signal means pre-settable to at least one particular time of day for emitting an on-site warning signal for a period of time beginning at said pre-set time and being manually de-activatable, with said warning signal means associated with an automatic communications means for calling the central station means and activated by the warning signal means if said warning signal means is not deactivated during said period of time to thereby notify the central station means of non-deactivation of the signal means by the monitored person; (b) providing at the central station means automatic communications notification interpretation means associated with data storage means, for storing data concerning the monitored person, data display means for displaying said data, and data interpretation means for receiving and interpreting a call from the communications means and retrieving and displaying said data concerning the monitored person which can include instructions to be followed when the warning signal means is not deactivated by said person; (c) pre-setting the warning signal means to at least one particular time when the monitored person is to be present; and (d) providing monitoring personnel to monitor the data display means and use the data displayed thereon in response to non-deactivation of said warning signal means by the monitored person.

Claim 11

A method for determining the presence or absence of a monitored person at a particular site at a particular time of day, said method comprising: (a) providing at the particular site an on-site subscriber station means in communication with a remote central station means and having a warning signal means pre-settable to at least one particular time of day for emitting an on-site warning signal for a period of time beginning at said pre-set time and being manually de-activatable, with said warning signal means associated with an automatic communications means for calling the central station means and activated by the warning signal means if said warning signal means is not deactivated during said period of time to thereby notify the central station means of non-deactivation of the signal means by the monitored person; (b) providing at the central station means automatic communications notification interpretation means associated with data storage means, for storing data concerning the monitored person, data display means for displaying said data, and data interpretation means for receiving and interpreting a call from the communications means and retrieving and displaying said data concerning the monitored person which can include instructions to be followed when the warning signal means is not deactivated by said person; (c) pre-setting the warning signal means to at least one particular time when the monitored person is to be present; and (d) providing monitoring personnel to monitor the data display means and use the data displayed thereon in response to non-deactivation of said warning signal means by the monitored person.