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Family Locator™

TCS Family Locator™ is a powerful yet easy-to-use application for locating, updating, and communicating with family and friends. It allows parents to securely locate kids and teens as well as access other location-based information such as points of interest and directions.

TCS Family Locator's boundary and scheduled alerts give end users the ability to:

• Receive notifications when a family member or friend has entered or exited a particular geographic area (e.g. school, home, activity).
• Create scheduled location alerts based on preset times of the day (school start, end, curfew).
• Securely monitor the whereabouts of their children, for safety, scheduling, and other purposes.
• Family Locator is available as a connected car locator solution providing precise location information on predefined areas, speeds, etc. to mobile devices.

Increasing revenue while adding value.

With phone-based and PC web interfaces, TCS Family Locator allows you to generate more revenue by allowing customers a flexible and easy to use solution. Whether at home, office, or on the go, the application allows consumers to locate single or multiple handsets and view them on a map with any web-based mobile phone or PC. In addition, subscribers can communicate with individual or multiple family members or friends via text message.

Other key end-user benefits give subscribers the following abilities:

• Locate family members automatically on login.
• View phone presence indicator (on, off, or out of the coverage area)
• View location in bird’s eye, satellite or standard map views.
• Set up location or time-based alerts.
• Integrate contacts of family and friends for alerting.
• Review location history.
• Search for local points of interest and receive turn-by-turn directions with Bing local search and directions.
• Support both area-based and precise location with or without a handset client.