Method and system for tracing the identity of an agricultural product using data handoff
First Claim
1. A method for tracing the identity of an agricultural product, the method comprising:
- acquiring data on an agricultural product associated with a harvesting time to form initial data and acquiring container data via a reader for reading a tag associated with a stage;
storing the initial data in an initial data storage of a first stage of equipment that is physically separate from a data management system for providing reportable data on a product flow description of the agricultural product;
transmitting the initial data to an intermediate data processing system associated with a handler of the agricultural product and another stage, the intermediate data processing system being physically separate from the data management system as a central repository;
appending additional data to the initial data received at the intermediate data processing system to form composite data, the additional data including one or more of the following;
an originating location, an origination time, an origination date, an origination custodian, an intermediate location, an intermediate time, an intermediate date, an intermediate custodian, a destination location, a destination time, a destination date, and a destination custodian, where the data associated with the agricultural product is cumulatively stored locally in intermediate data storage in the intermediate data processing system until transferred to a last stage, such that the information stored in the data storage of a preceding stage is a subset of the information from one or more later stages; and
transmitting the composite data to at least one of a receiver and a reporting data processing system at the last stage for processing the composite data and transferring the processed data to the data management system, wherein the intermediate data processing system is separate from the reporting data processing system such that only the reporting data processing system communicates directly with the data management system via a communications network to report the cumulatively stored information within the composite data to the data management system to support a request for the stored information, and wherein the intermediate data storage is physically and geographically separate from any data storage of the central repository.
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Abstract
Initial data is acquired on an agricultural product associated with a harvesting time. The acquired initial data is transmitted (e.g., handed off) via an electromagnetic signal or wireless communication to an intermediate data processing system associated with a handler of the agricultural product. Additional data is appended to the acquired initial data received at the intermediate data processing system to form composite data. The composite data is transmitted via an electromagnetic signal or wireless communication to at least one of a receiver and a data processing system for processing or storing the composite data. The composite data is transferred to or made available to a data management system, which may be accessible to one or more users who seek access to at least one of the initial data, the additional data, and the composite data on the agricultural product or a derivative thereof.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for tracing the identity of an agricultural product, the method comprising:
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acquiring data on an agricultural product associated with a harvesting time to form initial data and acquiring container data via a reader for reading a tag associated with a stage; storing the initial data in an initial data storage of a first stage of equipment that is physically separate from a data management system for providing reportable data on a product flow description of the agricultural product; transmitting the initial data to an intermediate data processing system associated with a handler of the agricultural product and another stage, the intermediate data processing system being physically separate from the data management system as a central repository; appending additional data to the initial data received at the intermediate data processing system to form composite data, the additional data including one or more of the following;
an originating location, an origination time, an origination date, an origination custodian, an intermediate location, an intermediate time, an intermediate date, an intermediate custodian, a destination location, a destination time, a destination date, and a destination custodian, where the data associated with the agricultural product is cumulatively stored locally in intermediate data storage in the intermediate data processing system until transferred to a last stage, such that the information stored in the data storage of a preceding stage is a subset of the information from one or more later stages; andtransmitting the composite data to at least one of a receiver and a reporting data processing system at the last stage for processing the composite data and transferring the processed data to the data management system, wherein the intermediate data processing system is separate from the reporting data processing system such that only the reporting data processing system communicates directly with the data management system via a communications network to report the cumulatively stored information within the composite data to the data management system to support a request for the stored information, and wherein the intermediate data storage is physically and geographically separate from any data storage of the central repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system of electronics equipment for tracing the identity of an agricultural product, the system comprising:
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an initial acquisition system for acquiring data on an agricultural product associated with a harvesting time to form initial data and acquiring container data via a reader for reading a tag associated with a first stage; an initial data storage for storing the initial data, the initial data storage being physically separate from a data management system for providing reportable data on a product flow description of the agricultural product; an initial transmitter for transmitting the initial data to an intermediate data processing system associated with a handler of the agricultural product and another stage, the intermediate data processing system being physically separate from the data management system as a central repository; a data manager, of the intermediate data processing system, adapted to append additional data comprising supplemental transportation data and delivery data to the initial data received at the intermediate data processing system to form composite data, the additional data comprising one or more of the following;
an originating location, an origination time, an origination date, an origination custodian, an intermediate location, an intermediate time, an intermediate date, and an intermediate custodian, a destination location, a destination time, a destination date, and a destination custodian, where the data associated with the agricultural product is cumulatively stored locally in intermediate data storage in the intermediate data processing system until transferred to a last stage, such that the information stored in the data storage of a preceding stage is a subset of the information from one or more later stages; andan intermediate transmitter for transmitting the composite data to at least one of a receiver and a reporting data processing system at the last stage for processing the composite data and transferring the processed data to the data management system, wherein the intermediate data processing system is separate from the reporting data processing system such that the reporting data processing system communicates with the data management system via a communications network to report the cumulatively stored information within the composite data to the data management system to support a request for the stored information, and wherein the intermediate data storage is physically and geographically separate from any data storage of the central repository. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for tracking product information from a processing to a consumer, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining processing data associated with processing of a product into a final product or a derivative product; storing the obtained processing data as locally stored information associated with a first intermediate data storage; obtaining packaging data associated with the packaging of the derivative product or the final product; and at a second intermediate data storage, adding the packaging data to the stored information from the first intermediate data storage, wherein the intermediate data storages are physically and geographically separate from any data storage of a central repository, where the data associated with the product is cumulatively stored locally in the second intermediate data storage until transferred to the data management system, such that the information stored in the data storage of a preceding stage is a subset of the information from one or more later stages and where a data reporting processing system supports communications between the second intermediate data storage and the central repository via a communications network; obtaining supplemental transportation data; adding the supplemental transportation data to the locally stored information in a second intermediate data storage; obtaining delivery data; adding delivery data to the locally stored information in the second intermediate data storage, where the second intermediate data storage is physically and geographically separate from any data storage of the central repository; and requesting the stored information to obtain at least one of the processing data and the packaging data. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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