| CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [G10L 15/08 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] | 16 Claims |

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1. A method of tracking and/or monitoring an identified person of interest from a central facility comprising:
providing a group comprising a plurality of persons each having mobile devices with the capability of determining location of the mobile device, voice communication between the device and a central facility, receiving a message from the central facility, conveying personal identifying information of the mobile device of a person to the central facility and photo or video communication from the device to the central facility;
linking the mobile devices of each of the group with the central facility;
determining from the central facility the location of the mobile devices of the group;
receiving a location of an identified person of interest;
sending a message from the central facility to the mobile devices of persons in the group;
sending in response to the message a signal from mobile devices of persons in the group to the central facility;
sending from the responsive mobile devices to the central facility location of the responsive mobile devices and personal identifying information of the persons having the responsive mobile devices;
establishing a designated geographic area around the identified person of interest;
identifying which of those responsive mobile devices are located within the designated geographic area around the identified person of interest;
joining, at the central facility, those responsive mobile devices within the designated geographic area to a live session tracking the location of the person of interest;
receiving from the responsive mobile devices within the designated geographic area information concerning the person of interest via location of the mobile device, voice communication from the mobile device and a central facility, and/or photo or video communication from the mobile device to the central facility; and
tracking and/or monitoring in live time the location of the person of interest from the central facility using information received from the responsive mobile devices within the designated geographic area.
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