Method and system for correlating external data to a plant with an electronic tag
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method for providing plant care information, comprising:
- associating an electronic tag carrying identification data with at least one plant, the identification data including a uniform resource locator or internet protocol address corresponding to a location of the database; and
storing in a database the identification data and related data corresponding to care of the at least one plant.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
One or more plants may be associated with an electronic tag including a memory circuit and interrogation interface. The memory circuit in the electronic tag may include data corresponding to the one or more plants. According to an embodiment the data may include at least one data coordinate corresponding to an external database holding data related to the one or more plants. The external database may hold plant care information such as a record of treatments received by the one or more plants and/or plant care instructions, for example. The data may be structured.
-
Citations
104 Claims
-
1. A method for providing plant care information, comprising:
-
associating an electronic tag carrying identification data with at least one plant, the identification data including a uniform resource locator or internet protocol address corresponding to a location of the database; and storing in a database the identification data and related data corresponding to care of the at least one plant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
-
20. A method for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
interrogating an electronic tag associated with at least one plant to receive identification data; performing a query of a relational database specifying a query parameter corresponding to the identification data; parsing the identification data to extract data corresponding to a data storage location; accessing the relational database corresponding to the data storage location; and receiving information from the relational database corresponding to care of the at least one plant. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 64, 65)
-
-
42. A system for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
an electronic tag interrogator configured to read identification data from an electronic tag associated with at least one plant; and a computer configured to receive the identification data from the electronic tag interrogator, perform a database query specifying the identification data, receive plant care information related to the identification data, and perform an operation to select a database for query. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
-
-
74. A method for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
interrogating a machine-readable tag during a sale transaction, the machine-readable tag operatively coupled to at least one plant to receive a tag identification; transmitting a query to a relational database specifying the tag identification; receiving from the relational database information corresponding to the at least one plant; and outputting the information. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78)
-
-
79. A method for providing plant care information, comprising:
-
associating in a database, data corresponding to the care of at least one plant with data identifying the at least one plant, wherein at least one of the at least one plant has associated therewith an electronic identification tag carrying identification data; and transmitting to a second database at least a portion of the data identifying the at least one plant and data corresponding to the location of the database. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
-
-
85. A method for providing plant care information, comprising:
-
associating an electronic tag carrying identification data with at least one plant; storing in a database the identification data and related data corresponding to care of the at least one plant; and transmitting at least a portion of the database to a reseller when the at least one plant is transferred to the reseller.
-
-
86. A method for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
interrogating an electronic tag associated with at least one plant to receive identification data; performing a query of a plurality of relational databases specifying a query parameter corresponding to the identification data; and receiving information from at least one of the plurality of relational databases corresponding to care of the at least one plant. - View Dependent Claims (87)
-
-
88. A method for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
interrogating an electronic tag associated with at least one plant to receive identification data; inputting the identification data to an algorithm or look-up table (LUT) performing a query of a relational database specifying a query parameter corresponding to the identification data; and receiving information from the relational database corresponding to care of the at least one plant. - View Dependent Claims (89)
-
-
90. A method for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
interrogating an electronic tag associated with at least one plant to receive identification data; performing a query of a relational database specifying a query parameter corresponding to the identification data; receiving information from the relational database corresponding to care of the at least one plant; and transmitting the query to a plant information processor including; a networked node providing access to a plurality of manufacturer database resources; and a message router configured to conditionally route the query across the networked node to the plurality of manufacturer database resources.
-
-
91. A method for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
interrogating an electronic tag associated with at least one plant to receive identification data; performing a query of a relational database specifying a query parameter corresponding to the identification data; receiving from the electronic tag a uniform resource locator or internet protocol address corresponding to a location to which the query is transmitted; and receiving information from the relational database corresponding to care of the at least one plant.
-
-
92. A system for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
an electronic tag interrogator configured to read identification data from an electronic tag associated with at least one plant; and a computer configured to receive the identification data from the electronic tag interrogator, perform a database query specifying the identification data, receive plant care information related to the identification data, and determine a database in which to perform the query by parsing the identification data to extract data corresponding to a data access location. - View Dependent Claims (93)
-
-
94. A system for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
an electronic tag interrogator configured to read identification data from an electronic tag associated with at least one plant; and a computer configured to receive the identification data from the electronic tag interrogator, perform a database query of a plurality of data bases specifying the identification data, and receive plant care information related to the identification data. - View Dependent Claims (95)
-
-
96. A system for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
an electronic tag interrogator configured to read identification data from an electronic tag associated with at least one plant; and a computer configured to receive the identification data from the electronic tag interrogator, input the identification data to an algorithm or look-up table (LUT), perform a database query specifying the identification data, and receive plant care information related to the identification data. - View Dependent Claims (97)
-
-
98. A system for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
an electronic tag interrogator configured to read identification data from an electronic tag associated with at least one plant; a computer configured to receive the identification data from the electronic tag interrogator, perform a database query specifying the identification data, and receive plant care information related to the identification data; and a plant information processor configured to receive the query, the plant information processor including; a networked node providing access to a plurality of manufacturer database resources; and a message router configured to conditionally route the query across the networked node to the plurality of manufacturer database resources.
-
-
99. A system for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
an electronic tag interrogator configured to read identification data from an electronic tag associated with at least one plant and receive from the electronic tag a uniform resource locator or internet protocol address corresponding to a location to which a database query is to be transmitted; and a computer configured to receive the identification data from the electronic tag interrogator, perform the database query specifying the identification data, and receive plant care information related to the identification data.
-
-
100. A system for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
an electronic tag interrogator configured to read identification data from an electronic tag associated with at least one plant; and a computer configured to receive the identification data from the electronic tag interrogator, perform a database query specifying the identification data, and receive plant care information related to the identification data; wherein the computer includes a network interface and the database is located at a networked location separate from the computer.
-
-
101. A system for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
an electronic tag interrogator configured to read identification data from an electronic tag associated with at least one plant; a computer configured to receive the identification data from the electronic tag interrogator, perform a database query specifying the identification data, and receive plant care information related to the identification data; and a bar code reader operatively coupled to the computer and configured to read a bar code symbol associated with the plant to receive a manufacturer code; and wherein the computer is configured to select for the query a database or portion of a database corresponding to the manufacturer code.
-
-
102. A system for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
an electronic tag interrogator configured to read identification data from an electronic tag associated with at least one plant and read a manufacturer code from the electronic tag; and a computer configured to receive the identification data from the electronic tag interrogator, perform a database query specifying the identification data, and receive plant care information related to the identification data; and wherein the computer is further configured to select for the database query a database or portion of a database corresponding to the manufacturer code.
-
-
103. A method for receiving plant care information, comprising:
-
interrogating a machine-readable tag operatively coupled to at least one plant to receive a tag identification; transmitting a query to a relational database specifying the tag identification; receiving from the relational database information corresponding to the at least one plant; and outputting the information on a sale transaction receipt.
-
-
104. A method for providing plant care information, comprising:
-
associating in a database, data corresponding to the care of at least one plant with data identifying the at least one plant, wherein at least one of the at least one plant has associated therewith an electronic identification tag carrying identification data; and associating in a registry the data identifying the at least one plant with data corresponding to accessing the database.
-
Specification