Animal Tracking System

• US 20130285815A1
• Filed: 04/12/2013
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Johnny Jones II
• Original Assignee: Johnny Jones II
• Inventors: Jones, Johnny II
• Granted Patent: US 9,055,733 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.3
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 11/008 incorporating GPS

Abstract

An animal tracking system is provided for remotely monitoring animal positioning. The system includes an implant device, a global positioning system, a network, one or more remote servers, and at least one wireless computing device. The implant device acts as a GPS receiver, calculating the animal'"'"'s position and then transmitting the results to the remote server where they are stored in a database. Owners can remotely access the database via a software application installed on a wireless computing device. Users can select an acceptable roaming range for the animal, an acceptable range between the animal and other animals being tracked, a lack of movement, or substantial changes in body temperature. Additionally, the implant device can directly connect with the wireless computing device via a Bluetooth connection. In this way, the computing device can access or transfer data regarding owner contract info, and an animal'"'"'s medical history.

Claims

1. An animal location tracking system, comprising:

an implant device, wherein said device is an implant grade biomedical device adapted for subcutaneous insertion in an animal;

a global positioning system comprising a plurality of satellites and base stations, wherein said global positioning system is in regular communication with said implant device;

a network;

one or more remote servers, wherein said servers host animal tracking databases and are in regular communication with said implant device;

one or more wireless computing devices enabled for communication via a short range wireless communications protocol.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said implant device further comprises a processing unit, a memory, a storage media, one or more radio antennas, a wireless communications means, a thermometer, and a battery.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said implant device is inserted into approximately the same region of each animal'"'"'s body when in use.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said network is a cellular network.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said network is a satellite based internet connection.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said implant device operates as a global positioning system receiver and is adapted to transmit calculated location information to said one or more remote servers.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said wireless computing device contains a programmable software application that facilitates communication between said one or more remote databases and said implant device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said programmable software application includes options for notifying a user of exceeded parameters.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said parameters include a distance of a target animal from a set of global positioning system coordinates.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said parameters include a distance from a target animal to one or more other target animals.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein said parameters include a target animal body temperature.