SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER-CONTROLLED ANIMAL TOY
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Abstract
A computer-aided training and management system that uses a computer or other processor in wireless communication with an instrumented dog collar and/or optionally, one or more dog interaction devices, such as, for example, video monitors, loudspeakers, video cameras, training toys (e.g., ball, bone, moving toy, etc.), an animatronics “trainer,” a treat dispenser, a food dispensing and monitoring device, a water dispensing and monitoring device, tracking devices, a dog door, dog-monitoring doghouse, a dog-monitoring dog toilet, is described. In one embodiment, the instrumented dog collar is in two-way communication with a central computer system.
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98 Claims
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49. An animal management system, comprising:
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a computer system provided to a first wireless communication transceiver; an animal toy provided to a second wireless communication transceiver, said animal toy having an identification code, said animal toy configured to communicate with said computer system using wireless two-way handshaking communication according to said identification code such that said computer system can send commands to said animal toy and receive acknowledgement of receipt of said commands from said animal toy, and said animal toy can send data to said computer system and receive acknowledgement of receipt of said data by said computer system, wherein said computer system sends commands to said animal toy corresponding to reinforcement stimuli, wherein said computer system receives data from said animal toy related to one or more actions of an animal using said animal toy; one or more sensors provided to said animal toy; and wherein said animal toy provides said reinforcement stimuli, wherein said animal toy uses said transceiver to transmit sensor data from said one or more sensors, said sensor data comprising information regarding interactions between an animal and said toy, wherein said computer system receives said sensor data and processes said sensor data to determine one or more behavioral characteristics of the animal, wherein the computer system selects said reinforcement stimulus based, at least in part, on said one or more behavioral characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
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95. An animal management system, comprising:
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a computer system provided to a first wireless communication transceiver; an animal toy provided to a second wireless communication transceiver, said animal toy configured to communicate with said computer system such that said computer system can send commands to said animal toy and said animal toy can send data to said computer system, wherein said computer system sends commands to said animal toy corresponding to reinforcement stimuli, wherein said computer system receives data from said animal toy related to one or more actions of an animal using said animal toy; one or more sensors provided to said animal toy; and wherein said animal toy provides said reinforcement stimuli, wherein said animal toy uses said transceiver to transmit sensor data from said one or more sensors, said sensor data comprising information regarding interactions between an animal and said toy, wherein said computer system receives said sensor data and stores a history of said sensor data, wherein the computer system selects said reinforcement stimulus based, at least in part, on an evaluation of said history of said sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (96)
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97. A method of managing an animal, comprising:
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collecting data related to the interaction of an animal and an animal toy by one or more sensors provided to said animal toy, said sensors configured to send said data to a processor provided to said animal toy; sending said data to said processor by said sensors; storing a history of said data by said processor; sending commands to one or more stimulus devices provided to said animal toy by said processor, said commands selected based at least in part on an evaluation of said history of said data; and providing reinforcement stimulus to said animal by said one or more stimulus devices based on said commands. - View Dependent Claims (98)
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