as a conventional operating system known in the art which manages the hardware and software resources including resident memory and wireless communication capabilities as well as bluetooth wi fi near field communication nfc radio frequency identification rfid and a variety of protocols through direct electrical connection the mobile device 110 is partially configured by a custom mobile monitoring application 120 that is a software application developed according to the presently disclosed instrumentalities in one aspect the application 120 may be downloaded stored in the resident memory of the mobile device 110 and presented for use by a remote observer 40 for example and as is well known in the art software application programs may be started automatically by the mobile device os or upon user demand for example by remote observer 40 the presence of the mobile monitoring application 120 on the mobile device 110 signifies that mobile device 110 is used as part of a multi component system that facilitates additional monitoring for safety and reliability concerns in a preferred embodiment use of the mobile monitoring application 120 is in conjunction with an additional mobile application 125 that resides on mobile device 110 the mobile device 110 utilizes mobile application 125 to communicate with.