AU2013100749A4 - Location based messaging method and system - Google Patents

Location based messaging method and system Download PDF

Info

Publication number
AU2013100749A4
AU2013100749A4 AU2013100749A AU2013100749A AU2013100749A4 AU 2013100749 A4 AU2013100749 A4 AU 2013100749A4 AU 2013100749 A AU2013100749 A AU 2013100749A AU 2013100749 A AU2013100749 A AU 2013100749A AU 2013100749 A4 AU2013100749 A4 AU 2013100749A4
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
user
student
location
attendance
location information
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Ceased
Application number
AU2013100749A
Inventor
Mark Fortunatow
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
MGM Wireless Holdings Pty Ltd
Original Assignee
MGM Wireless Holdings Pty Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from AU2013900959A external-priority patent/AU2013900959A0/en
Application filed by MGM Wireless Holdings Pty Ltd filed Critical MGM Wireless Holdings Pty Ltd
Priority to AU2013100749A priority Critical patent/AU2013100749A4/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of AU2013100749A4 publication Critical patent/AU2013100749A4/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Ceased legal-status Critical Current

Links

Landscapes

  • Telephonic Communication Services (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)

Abstract

A method and system for receiving, by a network system, location based information for a device, such as a mobile phone or tablet, that is associated with a first user of the networking system, such as a student, and sending from the networking system to a second user, such as a legal guardian of the student, a message generated at least in part on the location information when compared to a predefined attendance status in a predefined location of the student. This enable messages to be sent to the legal guardian should the student not be present at school and not previously be recorded as absent. A1l Hiatus State A2 Detect best geolocation tracking method A3 Collect device geolocto Connect to MGM eb A5Send Device ID to MGM Web Service Al~ II.AJ'.J~.L........ Send device's geolocation :ySSn ec o Update Sync 'NO Frequency? C1 WeSevcsedne C2 Device updatesyn frequency

Description

LOCATION BASED MESSAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to the field of location based messaging services and in particular to systems and methods for locating a subscriber to such services and providing messages based on their location. DESCRIPTION The recording and marking of attendance of individuals at a predetermined location can often be a time consuming and difficult task. Whilst the simple recording of absence or presence of attendance itself is straightforward the information by itself is of little value apart from creating a history of attendance data. In a typical scenario, an individual, for example a teacher at a school, records attendance information at the beginning of a school day. That data may then be sent to a roll marking system or attendance recording database where the information is stored. As appropriate and depending on the resources of the school, a person may be designated with the task of reviewing the attendance information and establishing the history of a particular student. If the designated person then determines that a particular student's level of absenteeism is significant, the designated person then retrieves the contact details of the student and makes inquires with the person listed on the students contact details in order to advise the contact person that said student has failed to attend an initial roll call. All this creates a significant administrative workload for the institution, which draws upon the staff to provide such support when they may have other tasks to do that are more appropriate to the efficient running of the institution. Additionally, the diversion of staff to address such issues also results in staff omitting to follow up on a regular consistent basis. Moreover, the reason for the student's absence from the initial role call may be due to the student missing only the roll call period, after the attendance data has Page 1 been sent to the head office for action. In this case, the call from the staff to the students designated contact can create undue worry and be an inefficient use of time. It may also be that the student is late for the first roll call but may be present for the subsequent roll call, which may be in a subsequent class. The variations in attendance data and the use of staff time is a problem faced by most institutions and increases dramatically with the size of the institution. OBJECT OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and or method for recording attendance of persons and / or devices and providing their location information to designated users. It is an object of the present invention to overcome, or at least substantially ameliorate, the disadvantages and shortcomings of the prior art. Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description, taking in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein, by way of illustration and example, an embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, although this should not be seen as limiting the invention in any way, there is provided a computer-implemented method comprising: - receiving, by a networking system, location information for a device associated with a first user of the networking system, - sending, from the networking system, to a second user a communication generated based at least in part on the location information. In preference, the first user is a student. Page 2 In preference, the second user is a parent or legal guardian of the first user. In preference, the networking system is linked to an attendance system for recording attendance at an institution. In preference, the attendance system provides attendance data on the presence or absence of the first user at the institution. In preference, a third user inputs attendance data into the attendance system. In preference, the attendance data is automatically entered. In preference, the computer-implemented method is embodied on a computer readable medium. In preference, the first user's location information is correlated with the first user's attendance data. In preference, if a first user's location information does not correlate with the first user's attendance data a message is generated by a message server and delivered to the second user. For example, where attendance data for the first user is listed as not being present at a first user location yet the first user is located or detected within the predefined location. In preference, the method includes the step of determining a trigger event for generating the message. In preference, the trigger event is determining the location information for the first user is outside of a predefined location. In preference, the message server is integrated with the networking system. In preference, the message includes the location details of the first user. In preference, the location information is determined by global positioning system GPS. Page 3 In preference, if the first user's location cannot be determined by GPS, the first user's location will be determined based on nearby WiFi networks. In preference, if the first user's location cannot be determined by GPS and cannot be determined by nearby WiFi networks, the first user's location will be determined based on cell tower triangulation. In preference, the location information is provided by near field communication. In preference, the location information is provided by RFID. In preference, the predefined location of the first user is provided by the second user. A computer program product having instructions for delivering a location message, including a first set of instructions for receiving and storing the location information of a device associated with a first user, wherein the first user has a predetermined planned location; evaluating the location information of a device associated with a first user and the predetermined planned location of the first user; sending a message to a second user when the location information of the device associated with a first user and the predetermined planned location of the first user are not matching. A networked attendance recording and messaging system including an attendance recording database having attendance data for a first user, wherein the first user is a student; a networking system operatively linked to the attendance recording database; a location information device for detecting and/or gathering location information of a mobile device associated with a first user via the network; and a messaging device that sends a message generated from the messaging system to a second user, wherein the second user is a predefined recipient of the message, based on at least in part in comparison of the location information for the first user with the attendance data on the attendance database and wherein the second user is a parent or legal guardian of the student. Page 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS By way of example, an embodiment of the invention is described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a flow chart of the location software of the present invention installed on a first person's device, Figure 2 shows a flow chart of the interaction of the location server, messaging server and attendance data server with respect to the first user's device and the second user. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION With reference to figure 1 this flowchart shows the operation of the program that resides on a device of a first user, such as a smart phone, tablet, portable computer device, smart tag having location tracking software and systems installed. The first user may be a student who attends an institution such as a school a regular basis within predefined time frames. The location tracking software and systems installed on the device of the first user may also include near field communications devices to enable more accurate location within an area have NFC location capabilities. Such NFC devices can include, but are not limited to RFID, WiFi and Bluetooth@. The location tracking software installed may also include cell tower tracking capability in the case that GPS and NFC location capabilities are not available [A2]. Once the location software has been installed on the first user's device, the second user, being a legal guardian of the first user, but may also include other appropriately authorized persons, then activates the software. The location software then determines the geographic location of the device of the first user by the most appropriate method available to it [A2], either GPS location using a GPS functionality of the device or the GPS location based on WiFi enabled location and if both of the above failed, then the GPS location based on the nearby Page 5 cell towers [A3] or by any other means / technologies, and then connects to a geographic location server [A4] to provide both a unique ID for the device of the first user, which can include the devices phone number, and the established location information [A5]. The geographic location server then records the location information against the first user's identification details. The geographic location server can also then return a confirmation message to the first user's device confirming the recording of the location data [A6, B1] and requesting that updated geographic location data be sent within a predefined interval [A7, C1, C2]. This process is repeated at predefined interval as long as the location software is active and the phone is switched on. In the even that the location data can not be provided, such as for example when the device is out of contact with the current mode of communication, for example WiFi, the location software switches to sending the location data by the next available method, such as via the network signal of the device. In addition, the location software can store the location data until such time as a communication link is reestablished with the geographic location server and provide a full history of location data for the device. When the first user, student, is listed as required to be present at a first predefined location, for example at a school class room, a record of attendance, such as a roll call, is taken by the teacher or other suitably authorized third person. This creates attendance data that is then entered into an attendance system or server [D2]. The attendance data of the first user is then correlated against the location information of the first user from the geographic location server. The correlation of the data can be on the same server system or on a separate system remote to both the attendance server and the geographic location server [D3]. Page 6 When the location information of the device associated with the first user does not correlate with the attendance data for the first user an "absent message" is generated by the message server and sent to the second user as a message such as an email, SMS, text, social networking message or other suitable message format than can be preselected by the second user [D7]. The "absent message" would advise the second user that the first user's location data does not correlate with the attendance data. The absent message can also include the last known location information of the device of the first user [D6] or alternatively a series of the data to provide an indication of the movements of the device of the first user. This location information can be provided in the form of a link that can provide a geographical representation of the location information, such as by display on a map such as Google Maps, Apple maps, OpenStreetMap or similar technology. In a further embodiment, the system of the present invention can send a message after a preselected interval of the first user's location data not correlating with the attendance data. This predefined interval can be based on a time interval, such as the time interval between a first recording of attendance data and a second recording of attendance, date, which may take place on a the same day of or subsequent days. This then allows for a situation such as when a first user is unable to attend the predefined location, such through sickness, and when the second user has omitted to advice of the inability to attend the predefined location. In addition, the system of the present invention allows for the situation where a student, for example, is listed as not being present at the school on a given day or time period and yet they are detected in the first predefined location. That is to say that the location software sends location to the system advising of the location of the student and then that location information does not correlate with the attendance data already on the system. Additionally, the system of the present invention allows within its scope for the authorized second user to input location data of the first user via a secure interface, such as via a secure web server and supply details that the first user will Page 7 be unable to attend the normal predefined location. Alternatively the second user might also call the appropriate institution, such as the school, directly to advise of the intended absence and an authorized user can then update the details associated with the first user in that they will not be present at the first predefined location, thus avoiding the need the system to inadvertently forward absent messages. It is clear then from the above invention that what is described is a useful and novel method and system for the tracking of attendance and location of a first user and informing a second user of such. In this way it is possible to effectively and efficiently update others, in particular the legal guardians/parents etc, of whether or not a first user (student) is present at the desired predetermined location, for example a classroom, and inform them of their exact or last know location. Although the invention has been herein shown and described in what is conceived to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is recognized that departures can be made within the scope of the invention, which is not to be limited to the details described herein but it is to be accorded the full scope of the appended claims so as to embrace any and all equivalent devices and apparatus. Page 8

Claims (5)

1. A method of attendance recording and messaging, when used to collect attendance information of a first user and provide attendance information to a second user, comprising: a networking system operatively linked to an attendance recording system; receiving, by the networking system, location information for a device associated with a first user of the networking system; sending, from the networking system to a second user a message generated based at least in part on the location information; characterised in that the first user is a student, and the second user is a parent or legal guardian of the student.
2. The method of claim 1, further characterised in that the location information for a device associated with student is provided by a mobile device associated with the student, by way of at least one of GPS, assisted GPS, Wi-Fi network, Wi Fi triangulation, phone tower triangulation and/or near field communication.
3. The method of any one of claims 1 -2, further including the step of receiving, by the networking system the location information for the device associated with then first user of the networking system, when the device enters a predefined area.
4. The method of any one of claims 1 - 3, further including the step of querying the attendance system to retrieve a predetermined expected location of the student, comparing the location information of the student with the predetermined expected location of the student and forwarding a message to the a parent or legal guardian of the student based on the outcome of the comparison.
5. A networked attendance recording and messaging system including: Page 9 an attendance recording database having attendance data for a first user, wherein the first user is a student; a networking system operatively linked to the attendance recording database; a location information device for detecting and/or gathering location information of a mobile device associated with a first user via the network; and a messaging device that sends a message generated from the messaging system to a second user, wherein the second user is a predefined recipient of the message, based on at least in part in comparison of the location information for the first user with the attendance data on the attendance database and wherein the second user is a parent or legal guardian of the student. Page 10
AU2013100749A 2013-03-19 2013-05-29 Location based messaging method and system Ceased AU2013100749A4 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU2013100749A AU2013100749A4 (en) 2013-03-19 2013-05-29 Location based messaging method and system

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU2013900959 2013-03-19
AU2013900959A AU2013900959A0 (en) 2013-03-19 Location based messaging method and sytsem
AU2013100749A AU2013100749A4 (en) 2013-03-19 2013-05-29 Location based messaging method and system

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
AU2013100749A4 true AU2013100749A4 (en) 2013-07-11

Family

ID=48746801

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
AU2013100749A Ceased AU2013100749A4 (en) 2013-03-19 2013-05-29 Location based messaging method and system

Country Status (1)

Country Link
AU (1) AU2013100749A4 (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8942727B1 (en) 2014-04-11 2015-01-27 ACR Development, Inc. User Location Tracking
US9413707B2 (en) 2014-04-11 2016-08-09 ACR Development, Inc. Automated user task management

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8942727B1 (en) 2014-04-11 2015-01-27 ACR Development, Inc. User Location Tracking
US9313618B2 (en) 2014-04-11 2016-04-12 ACR Development, Inc. User location tracking
US9413707B2 (en) 2014-04-11 2016-08-09 ACR Development, Inc. Automated user task management
US9818075B2 (en) 2014-04-11 2017-11-14 ACR Development, Inc. Automated user task management

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US10832560B1 (en) Emergency location identification using wireless devices
US10505880B2 (en) Automated user mobile device location tracking and reminders
US11024150B1 (en) Location-based warning notification using wireless devices
US11146917B1 (en) Path storage and recovery using wireless devices
US10110686B2 (en) Systems and methods for providing beacon-based notifications
US20150348214A1 (en) Messaging service for geofence-based automatic time clocking
US20180189835A1 (en) Geofence system
US20140171133A1 (en) Query response
US20200042936A1 (en) Field employee shift monitoring and transportation load tracking with a markup language geolocation method
US20140280532A1 (en) Systems and methods for digitally augmented networking
CN112489236B (en) Attendance data processing method and device, server and storage medium
AU2013100749A4 (en) Location based messaging method and system
US10015631B2 (en) Method for providing a mobile location based information service
US10271188B2 (en) Systems and methods for communicating with a unique identifier
US11748715B1 (en) Location-based note generation using wireless devices
US11483169B2 (en) Automated message recipient identification with dynamic tag
US11425192B2 (en) Systems and methods for communicating with a unique identifier
JP2015141638A (en) questionnaire distribution server and questionnaire distribution program
KR20160129419A (en) Application and system for providing schedule management
JP2018132788A (en) Presence status confirmation system

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
FGI Letters patent sealed or granted (innovation patent)
MK21 Patent ceased section 101c(b)/section 143a(c)/reg. 9a.4 - examination under section 101b had not been carried out within the period prescribed