Now, an SMS service to guard your kids

24 March,2009 06:47 PM IST |   |  Chandran Iyer

Mobile application sends SMSes to parent, when child enters school bus, reaches school


Mobile application sends SMSes to parent, when child enters school bus, reaches school

THE latest mobile technology will allow you to learn, through SMSes, when your child boards the school bus and when he or she safely enters the school.

School chale hum! The application can help schools to keep a tab on the movement of their students. Pic/Anil Naik

Mobile solution provider company Infotek Software and Systems (i-TEK) is on the lookout for tie-ups with schools that will allow you to do just that.


Ashim Patil, CEO and MD of i-TEK, said the application will strengthen the security p rovided by the school bus system to children, saying, "The i-TEK Bhraman can be configured and installed for a particular bus, driver and route."

"When the student enters the bus, the bus driver or assistant can send a SMS to parentsu00a0 through Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) photo ID-card, which is installed on his phone," explained Patil.
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The i-TEK application can also be used by schools to keep a tab on the movement of their students.
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