Verizon Wireless Launches Chaperone Service
June 12th, 2006
Verizon Wireless launched today its location based service titled Chaperone for the Migo handset. With the LG Migo and Chaperone service from Verizon Wireless parents can monitor and locate their children from any desktop computer or from another compatible Verizon Wireless handset. Chaperone Location Base Service (LBS) uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to assist in pinpointing the Migo handsets. Chaperone service is composed of two main features; Chaperone Child Locator and Chaperone with Child Zone.
Chaperone Child Locator – Once the child is equipped with a new or updated Migo phone and the service is activated on the account, parents can locate their child’s Migo phone from a PC via the Chaperone Web site (www.VerizonWireless.com/Chaperone). Optionally, parents can download the Chaperone application from the Get It Now virtual store, at no charge, to conduct single location requests for the Migo phone directly from the parent’s Verizon Wireless phone. The Chaperone application for parents is available for use on a growing number of Get It Now-enabled phones.
Chaperone with Child Zone – Using the Chaperone Web site, a parent can construct an area called a Child Zone around the vicinity of locations that their child frequents (such as school, playgrounds or daycare centers). Different locations can be “zoned†for one time, always on, or for up to 24 hours. When the child arrives or leaves the predetermined area with their Migo phone, the parent is alerted via TXT Message on their Verizon Wireless phone.
To purchase Chaperone, parents first need to subscribe to a Verizon Wireless Family Share Plan and must have a Migo phone on that account. Parents can add the basic Chaperone Child Locator for $9.99 monthly access per line or add Chaperone Child Locator and Chaperone with Child Zone for $19.99 monthly access per line.
