METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AND REPORTING FOOD PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOR FOOD PRODUCTS
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a hand-held device including;
a display; and
one or more input devices to sense product identification indicia associated with or affixed to a food product that is grown or raised in an agricultural operation;
the hand-held device including at least one processor to;
a) determine a machine-readable identification code from the product identification indicia;
b) send the identification code to at least one remote server;
c) receive, from the at least one remote server, information that is associated with the product, the information including agricultural product information that is associated with the production of the food product; and
d) display at least some of the received agricultural product information on the display in human readable form.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and apparatus for tracking and reporting food production information for food products, in an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises a hand-held device including a display and one or more input devices to sense product identification indicia associated with or affixed to a food product that is grown or raised in an agricultural operation. The hand-held device includes at least one processor to determine a machine-readable identification code from the product identification indicia; send the identification code to at least one remote server; receive, from the at least one remote server, information that is associated with the product, the information including agricultural product information that is associated with the production of the food product; and display at least some of the received agricultural product information on the display in human readable form.
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Citations
93 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a hand-held device including; a display; and one or more input devices to sense product identification indicia associated with or affixed to a food product that is grown or raised in an agricultural operation; the hand-held device including at least one processor to; a) determine a machine-readable identification code from the product identification indicia; b) send the identification code to at least one remote server; c) receive, from the at least one remote server, information that is associated with the product, the information including agricultural product information that is associated with the production of the food product; and d) display at least some of the received agricultural product information on the display in human readable form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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3. (canceled)
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17-32. -32. (canceled)
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33. A system comprising one or more processors to:
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a) receive an identification code from one or more input devices, the identification code corresponding to a food product; b) receive or store information that is associated with the product, the information including agricultural product information that is associated with the production of the food product; and c) send to a display, in response to receiving the identification code, at least some of the product information. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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38. (canceled)
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52-88. -88. (canceled)
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89. An apparatus, comprising:
a hand-held device including; a display; and one or more input devices to sense product identification indicia associated with or affixed to a food product that is grown or raised in an agricultural operation; the hand-held including at least one processor to; a) determine a machine-readable identification code from the product identification indicia; b) send the identification code to at least one remote server; c) receive, from the at least one remote server, information that is associated with the product, the information including information indicating the compliance of the food product with at least one government regulatory requirement, and one or both of;
i) information indicating the compliance of the food product with at least one environmental impact requirement separate from the government regulatory requirement, and ii) information indicating the compliance of the food product with at least one social impact requirement separate from the government regulatory requirement; andd) display at least some of the received compliance indicating information on the display in human readable form.
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90-91. -91. (canceled)
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92. An apparatus, comprising:
a computer including; a display; one or more input devices; and at least one processor to; a) receive an identification code from one or more of the input devices, the identification code corresponding to a food product; b) send the identification code to at least one remote server; c) receive, from the at least one remote server, information that is associated with the product, the information including information indicating the compliance of the food product with at least one government regulatory requirement, and one or both of;
i) information indicating the compliance of the food product with at least one environmental impact requirement separate from the government regulatory requirement, and ii) information indicating the compliance of the food product with at least one social impact requirement separate from the government regulatory requirement; andd) display at least some of the received compliance indicating information on the display in human readable form.
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93-114. -114. (canceled)
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