Patents
US 12711826 B2: Release monitoring through check-in and tethering system
- Granted
- 2026-08-18
- Filed
- 2024-06-18 application 18746998
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A check-in and tethering system for monitoring persons such as released in court-ordered supervised programs and a method for operating such a system is disclosed. The system includes a tethered mobile device that provides a check-in procedure that requires a response from a user of the tethered mobile device in the form of at least one of a device identifier from a monitored tethered device attached to the user, a biometric response, or a performed action by the user. The tethered mobile device determines whether the response is valid and transmits a notification to a monitoring center in response to the determination.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 (ipgb20260818.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Tel*Link Corporation 325 patents | US company or organization | Reston, VA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen L. Hodge | Aubrey, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G07C | Time or attendance registers; registering or indicating the working of machines; generating random numbers; voting or lottery apparatus; arrangements, systems or apparatus for checking not provided for elsewhere | G07C9/28 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 |
| G08B | Signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems; order telegraphs; alarm systems | G08B21/0227 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 |
| G06V | Image or video recognition or understanding | G06V40/10 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-15 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HODGE, STEPHEN L. signed 2017-08-02 | GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION RESTON, VA | 68294/66 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
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