ENHANCED PRODUCT TRACKING

• US 20080178197A1
• Filed: 02/15/2008
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aginfolink Holdings Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Aginfolink Holdings Incorporated
• Inventors: DOLAN, Andrew J., PAPE, William, CURKENDALL, Leland D.
• Application Number:
  US12/032,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20080178197A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 11/007 Boluses
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 11/008 incorporating GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 29/00 Other apparatus for animal husbandry
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 29/005 Monitoring or measuring activity, e.g. detecting heat or mating
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining

Abstract

Enhanced product tracking, in which a data collection interface is established between a first supply management device and a transaction database, the data collection interface providing the transaction database with access to identification data and event data, the identification data uniquely identifying a pharmaceutical, and the event data relating to a supply chain process step for the pharmaceutical. Tracking also includes receiving a tracking request for formatted identification data and/or event data from a second supply management device; and establishing a data conversion interface between the second supply management device and the identification data and/or the event data, the data conversion interface providing the second supply management device with access to the identification data and/or the event data, according to the tracking request.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for tracking a pharmaceutical, the method comprising:

establishing a data collection interface between a first supply management device and a transaction database, the data collection interface providing the transaction database with access to identification data and event data, the identification data uniquely identifying the pharmaceutical, and the event data relating to a supply chain process step for the pharmaceutical;

receiving a tracking request for formatted identification data and/or event data from a second supply management device; and

establishing a data conversion interface between the second supply management device and the identification data and/or the event data, the data conversion interface providing the second supply management device with access to the identification data and/or the event data, according to the tracking request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event data further relates to a diagnosing event, a financing event, an insurance event, a pregnancy detection event, an irradiation event, a temperature reading event, a pH reading event, a retailer feedback event, a dosing event, a weight gain or loss event, or a vaccination event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pharmaceutical comprises a vaccine.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first or second supply management devices are associated with a bank, a pharmaceutical company, a physician, a nutritionist, or a marketing association.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting a health history based on establishing the data conversion interface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first supply management device comprises an epidemiology database, a pharmaceutical database, or an e-commerce database.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the tracking request for formatted identification data further comprises receiving the tracking request for specific lot numbers of a vaccine.

8. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a machine-readable medium, the computer program product for tracking a pharmaceutical, and the computer program product comprising instructions that, when read by a machine, operate to cause data processing apparatus to:

establish a data collection interface between a first supply management device and a transaction database, the data collection interface providing the transaction database with access to identification data and event data, the identification data uniquely identifying the pharmaceutical, and the event data relating to a supply chain process step for the pharmaceutical;

receive a tracking request for formatted identification data and/or event data from a second supply management device; and

establish a data conversion interface between the second supply management device and the identification data and/or the event data, the data conversion interface providing the second supply management device with access to the identification data and/or the event data, according to the tracking request.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the event data further relates to a diagnosing event, a financing event, an insurance event, a pregnancy detection event, a temperature reading event, a pH reading event, an irradiation event, a retailer feedback event, dosing event, a weight gain or loss event, or a vaccination event.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first or second supply management devices are associated with a bank, a pharmaceutical company, a physician, a nutritionist, or a marketing association.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first supply management device comprises an epidemiology database, a pharmaceutical database, or an e-commerce database.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein receiving the tracking request for formatted identification data further comprises receiving the tracking request for specific lot numbers of a vaccine.

13. A device for tracking a pharmaceutical comprising:

a transaction database;

a data collection interface between a first supply management device and the transaction database, the data collection interface configured to provide the transaction database with access to identification data and event data, the identification data uniquely identifying the pharmaceutical, and the event data relating to a supply chain process step for the pharmaceutical;

an interface configured to receive a tracking request for formatted identification data and/or event data from a second supply management device; and

a data conversion interface between the second supply management device and the identification data and/or the event data, the data conversion interface configured to provide the second supply management device with access to the identification data and/or the event data, according to the tracking request.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the event data further relates to a diagnosing event, a financing event, an insurance event, a pregnancy detection event, an irradiation event, a temperature reading event, a pH reading event, a retailer feedback event, dosing event, a weight gain or loss event, or a vaccination event.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the first or second supply management devices are associated with a bank, a pharmaceutical company, a physician, a nutritionist, or a marketing association.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein the first supply management device comprises an epidemiology database, a pharmaceutical database, or an e-commerce database.

17. The device of claim 13, wherein receiving the tracking request for formatted identification data further comprises receiving the tracking request for specific lot numbers of a vaccine.

18. The device of claim 13, wherein the pharmaceutical comprises a vaccine.

19. A computer-implemented method for tracking an animal-derived product, the method comprising:

establishing a data collection interface between a first supply management device and a transaction database, the data collection interface providing the transaction database with access to identification data and event data, the identification data uniquely identifying the animal-derived product, and the event data relating to a supply chain process step for the animal-derived product;

receiving a tracking request for formatted identification data and/or event data from a second supply management device; and

establishing a data conversion interface between the second supply management device and the identification data and/or the event data, the data conversion interface providing the second supply management device with access to the identification data and/or the event data, according to the tracking request.

20. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a machine-readable medium, the computer program product for tracking an animal-derived product, and the computer program product comprising instructions that, when read by a machine, operate to cause data processing apparatus to:

establish a data collection interface between a first supply management device and a transaction database, the data collection interface providing the transaction database with access to identification data and event data, the identification data uniquely identifying the animal-derived product, and the event data relating to a supply chain process step for the animal-derived product;

receive a tracking request for formatted identification data and/or event data from a second supply management device; and

establish a data conversion interface between the second supply management device and the identification data and/or the event data, the data conversion interface providing the second supply management device with access to the identification data and/or the event data, according to the tracking request.