Method and device for identification
First Claim
1. A method for identifying an entity comprisingplacing an internal tag within said entity andplacing an external tag proximate said entity whereinsaid internal tag and said external tag are directly and persistently coupled by a communication protocol and whereinan alert is triggered whenever said internal tag and said external tag are decoupled,wherein said entity comprises a living organism,wherein said living organism comprises a ruminant animal and said internal tag is placed within the stomach of said ruminant animal,wherein said external tag comprises memory for storing data related to said animal, andwherein said data comprise data selected from a group consisting of weaning date, dehorning date, and vaccination history.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for identifying an entity comprising placing an internal tag within the entity and placing an external tag proximate the entity wherein the internal tag and external tag are coupled.
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1. A method for identifying an entity comprising
placing an internal tag within said entity and placing an external tag proximate said entity wherein said internal tag and said external tag are directly and persistently coupled by a communication protocol and wherein an alert is triggered whenever said internal tag and said external tag are decoupled, wherein said entity comprises a living organism, wherein said living organism comprises a ruminant animal and said internal tag is placed within the stomach of said ruminant animal, wherein said external tag comprises memory for storing data related to said animal, and wherein said data comprise data selected from a group consisting of weaning date, dehorning date, and vaccination history.
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4. A device for identifying an entity comprising
an internal tag and an external tag wherein said internal tag and said external tag are directly and persistently coupled by a communication protocol, wherein said communication protocol comprises a temp oral pattern of electromagnetic signals and wherein an alert is triggered whenever said temporal pattern is altered by virtue of said internal tag and said external tag being decoupled, thus indicating an undesirable change in state of said entity, wherein said entity comprises a living organism.
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