Multiple field boundary data sets in an automated crop recordkeeping system

• US 9,084,389 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2009
• Issued: 07/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MapShots, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MapShots, Inc.
• Inventors: Macy, Ted S.
• Primary Examiner(s): SOMERS, MARC S
• Application Number:
  US12/640,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20110153556A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,042 Days
• Field of Search: 707/705, 707/758, 707/918, 707/919, 707/921
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 79/005 Precision agriculture
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining

Abstract

A method includes defining a plurality of crop field boundaries such that an area of land falls within each of the plurality of field boundaries. The method further includes maintaining the plurality of crop field boundaries within the crop recordkeeping system, using a first of the crop field boundaries in performing a first function of the crop recordkeeping system executing on a computer, and using a second of the crop field boundaries in performing a second function of the crop recordkeeping system executing on the computer.

Claims

1. A method of managing data in a computer implemented crop recordkeeping system, the method comprising:

defining one or more production field boundaries each comprising two or more shared expenses field boundaries based on differential ownership, wherein the area of land within each production field boundary is farmed as one contiguous area of land, and wherein the two or more shared expenses field boundaries each fall within the production field boundary;

associating yield data, income or expenses with the one or more production field boundaries;

associating a subset of the yield data, income or expenses with the two or more shared expenses field boundaries; and

presenting one or more reports comprising the subset of the yield data, income or expenses associated with the two or more shared expenses field boundaries.

2. A method of managing data in a computer implemented crop recordkeeping system, the method comprising:

defining one or more production field boundaries each comprising two or more crop insurance field boundaries based on differential ownership, wherein the area of land within each production field boundary is farmed as one contiguous area of land, and wherein the two or more crop insurance field boundaries each fall within the production field boundary;

associating yield data, income or expenses with the one or more production field boundaries;

associating a subset of the yield data, income or expenses with the two or more crop insurance field boundaries; and

presenting one or more reports comprising the subset of the yield data, income or expenses associated with the two or more crop insurance field boundaries.