Satellite based global positioning system for feedlot computer network and method
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Abstract
A computer network and method for feeding animals in a feedlot, in which discretion and direct control over the various suboperations of the feed ration assignment and delivery process are distributed among the individual operators in the system, while the feedlot manager is capable of indirectly monitoring the performance of the various suboperations through use of a satellite based global positioning system.
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39 Claims
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14. An animal feedlot management system, comprising:
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a data repository to store feedlot information representative of an animal feedlot and objects within the feedlot;
a display screen to visually display the feedlot and relative positions of the objects within the feedlot based upon feedlot information from the data repository; and
a vehicle information system including;
a vehicle GPS receiver to determine a position of a vehicle; and
an information system to transmit vehicle information, including positional information of the vehicle, from the vehicle information system to the data repository. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An animal feedlot management system, comprising:
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a feedlot modeling system to maintain feedlot information representative of a feedlot and objects within the feedlot;
a coordinate acquisition system to obtain coordinate information specifying the relative position of a vehicle; and
a processor to update the feedlot information with the coordinate information specifying the relative position of the vehicle to at least one other object within the feedlot. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for managing an animal feedlot comprising:
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receiving electronic signals indicative of the coordinates of an animal feedlot vehicle;
processing data representing the coordinates of the animal feedlot vehicle; and
generating electronic signals indicative of a spatial mapping of an animal feedlot and of objects within the animal feedlot, the objects including the animal feedlot vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A computer program product stored in a computer-usable medium and executed by a feedlot management computer system having a storage unit, the computer program controls the feedlot management computer system to:
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receive electronic signals indicative of the coordinates of an animal feedlot vehicle;
process data representing the coordinates of the animal feedlot vehicle within the feedlot;
store data in the storage unit representing the coordinates of the animal feedlot vehicle within the feedlot along with other data representing coordinates of objects of within the animal feedlot; and
generate electronic signals indicative of a spatial mapping of an animal feedlot and of objects within the animal feedlot, the objects including the animal feedlot vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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