Method and system for tracking and managing animals and/or food products
First Claim
1. A method for tracking animals, comprising providing software for a computer system, or a computer system including the software to a feedlot, wherein the software programs the computer system to store identification information for identified animals, store location data for locations occupied by identified animals, correlate each identified animal'"'"'s location data with its identification;
- identify one or more locations occupied by an identified animal, filter confidential information including a previous location identifier from data entered into the computer system, and generate a filtered report for an identified animal that includes a location identifier for a present location of the identified animal and that the identified animal occupied a previous location without disclosing the previous location identifier.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a method and system are described for tracking and managing animals and/or food products. These embodiments can include entering into a computer system identification data for animals and location data for locations occupied by the animals. This data can be collected, for example, by a data service provider and transmitted to a data trustee. The data trustee may filter the data into official data and non-official data. The official data may be sent to an official database. When a public health issue arises, such as an occurrence of mad cow disease, the government may use an identifier for a diseased animal or a location identifier to request a trace report from the data trustee. The data trustee may then use the official data to provide a report showing, for example, which animals have commingled with the diseased animal. Based on this report, other sick or potentially sick animals can be treated, quarantined, or slaughtered. As another example, the disclosed embodiments may be used to facilitate commercial transactions by providing data that validates, for example, an animal'"'"'s health and food quality.
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1. A method for tracking animals, comprising providing software for a computer system, or a computer system including the software to a feedlot, wherein the software programs the computer system to store identification information for identified animals, store location data for locations occupied by identified animals, correlate each identified animal'"'"'s location data with its identification;
- identify one or more locations occupied by an identified animal, filter confidential information including a previous location identifier from data entered into the computer system, and generate a filtered report for an identified animal that includes a location identifier for a present location of the identified animal and that the identified animal occupied a previous location without disclosing the previous location identifier.
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