Are you a parent? Have you ever wondered where your kids are? Have
you been worried when they're late and afraid that something might
have happened to them?
MyChildTracker provides parents the peace of mind of knowing where
their kids are - anytime, day or night. It enables them to create
a list of all their children and, with a single click, locate them
to find out in what area they are or send them all an SMS message.
The end users are parents and other carers using the system to locate,
monitor and communicate with their children, without the necessity
of disturbing their activities.
The market
A child is the most valuable concern in parents' lives,
and parents therefore want to know where their children are -
anytime, day or night. The system is of immense value to parents
and other carers, enabling them to locate their children, without
disturbing their activity or making them feel they are under constant
surveillance.
Easy to use
 Users
simply register for the service through an operator's website,
and can then access the following services, using their mobile
phone or the Internet:
- Create a list of children and family members to locate
- Locate one or more children simultaneously
- Send an SMS to one or more children simultaneously
- Get a list of who has permission to locate the child
- Withdraw permission to locate a child
- Get a list of who has tried to locate a child.
Location presentation
 The
child's location presentation depends on the user's interface, whether
it is a mobile phone or the Web.
Mobile
- "Joe is in the vicinity of Trafalgar Square, London"
- "Jane is in the area of Newbury train station."
- With improved location technology: "Joe is at Bartholomew
secondary school, Reading"
Web
- Location on a map. Located children and family members are
represented as a circle on a map, where the radius indicates
the location accuracy
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Map shows streets, street names and points of interest
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Map tools include: Pan, tilt, move and zoom in and out
 Privacy
issues
Throughout MyChildTracker's development, the key element in
the design has been privacy and security. No one is able to
locate a child without previously getting permission. Children
and their parents have full control over their privacy. The
features ensuring security enable the children and their parents
to:
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Receive a list of all those having permission to locate the
child
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Receive a list of those who have tried to locate the child,
including when
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Withdraw another user's permission to locate the child
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Receive notification (parents) if any new user obtains or
looses permission to locate the child
Benefits for the Operators
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Mass market product aimed at parents
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A powerful solution to a parent's instinctive needs to protect
their children
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Encourages parents to purchase mobile phones for their children
and teenagers
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Attracts the whole family to the same operator
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Works well with current and future location technologies
Benefits for Parents
 Helps
parents to keep track of children without them feeling they
are under constant surveillance
- Very intuitive interfaces and simple to use
- Locates or sends an SMS to one or more members of the family
simultaneously
- Ensures security: parents can manage who may locate their
children
Technology
MyChildTracker is based on TrackWell Software's know-how
and experience in the field of location-based services and close
cooperation with leading mobile operators and infrastructure
providers. Among other things, MyChildTracker offers the following:
- Supports user interfaces in SMS, MMS, SIM-Toolkit/Browser
and Web
- Independent of any single location-determination technology
- Supports LIF's interface standards, and interfaces to major
location platforms
- Highly flexible and scalable
- Modular design and development, easily adapted to individual
operator needs
- Flexible interfaces to billing systems and subscriber databases
- Interfaces to major SMS-C and MMS-C vendors
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