System and Method for Tracking an Agricultural Asset Transferred Among Plural Asset Receiving Devices
First Claim
1. A tracking system for tracking a history of an agricultural asset transferred among a plurality of asset receiving devices using a communications network, the system comprising:
- a plurality of radio-frequency identification tags arranged to be intermixed with the agricultural asset, each having a respective tag identification;
a main server having a memory storing the tag identification of each tag therein and a communication interface arranged to communicate with the communications network; and
a controller associated with each asset receiving device, each controller comprising;
a controller identification;
a receiving component arranged to communicate with any of the tags within the respective asset receiving device to receive the respective tag identifications thereof; and
a transmitting component arranged to communicate with the communications network so as to transmit any of the tag identifications received from the respective receiving component to the main server together with the respective controller identification;
the main server being arranged to store a historical record in association with each tag identification comprised of the controller identification of each controller which has transmitted the tag identification to the main server with the respective controller identification associated therewith.
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Abstract
A tracking system is capable of tracking a history of an agricultural asset transferred among a plurality of asset receiving devices using a communications network. The system uses radio-frequency identification tags intermixed with the agricultural asset. A main server, in communication with the network, stores the tag identification of each tag therein. A controller associated with each asset receiving device includes a controller identification, a receiving component for receiving the identification of the tags within the respective asset receiving device, and a transmitting component for transmitting the tag identifications to the main server together with the controller identification. The main server stores a historical record in association with each tag identification that primarily consists of the controller identification of each controller which has transmitted the tag identification to the main server with the respective controller identification associated therewith.
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17 Claims
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1. A tracking system for tracking a history of an agricultural asset transferred among a plurality of asset receiving devices using a communications network, the system comprising:
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a plurality of radio-frequency identification tags arranged to be intermixed with the agricultural asset, each having a respective tag identification; a main server having a memory storing the tag identification of each tag therein and a communication interface arranged to communicate with the communications network; and a controller associated with each asset receiving device, each controller comprising; a controller identification; a receiving component arranged to communicate with any of the tags within the respective asset receiving device to receive the respective tag identifications thereof; and a transmitting component arranged to communicate with the communications network so as to transmit any of the tag identifications received from the respective receiving component to the main server together with the respective controller identification; the main server being arranged to store a historical record in association with each tag identification comprised of the controller identification of each controller which has transmitted the tag identification to the main server with the respective controller identification associated therewith. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of tracking a history of an agricultural asset transferred among a plurality of asset receiving devices using a communications network, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of radio-frequency identification tags arranged to be intermixed with the agricultural asset, each tag having a respective tag identification; providing a main server having a memory storing the tag identification of each tag therein and a communication interface arranged to communicate with the communications network; providing a controller associated with each asset receiving device which includes a controller identification; using each controller to communicate with any of the tags within the respective asset receiving device to receive the respective tag identifications thereof and to communicate with the communications network so as to transmit any of the received tag identifications to the main server together with the respective controller identification; and storing on the main server a historical record in association with each tag identification comprised of the controller identification of each controller which has transmitted the tag identification to the main server with the respective controller identification associated therewith.
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