Method and system for tracking and managing animals and/or food products
First Claim
1. A method for tracking animals, comprising:
- receiving a group of animals;
entering information relating to the group of animals into a computer system;
entering into the computer system an identification of each animal from a physical identifier for the animal enabling the computer system to identify each animal and distinguish each animal from every other animal in a group;
entering into the computer system animal data relating to individual animals and correlating the animal data with an identification of the individual animals in the computer system;
entering into the computer system location data for identified individual animals for a location or locations occupied by the identified individual animals;
correlating in the computer system the location data for each identified individual animal with the identified individual animal'"'"'s identification;
filtering confidential information from data entered into the computer system, wherein the confidential information includes at least one previous location identifier; and
allowing a user to review a filtered record for an identified individual animal that includes a present location identifier for a present location of the identified individual animal and that the identified individual animal occupied at least one previous location without disclosing the at least one 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. Identification data and location data for animals is entered into a computer system. A data service provider may collect this data and transmitted it to a data trustee. The data trustee may filter the data into official and non-official data, and send official data to an official database. When a public health issue arises, 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 animals can be treated, quarantined, or slaughtered. The disclosed embodiments also may be used to facilitate commercial transactions by providing data that validates an animal'"'"'s health and food quality.
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49 Claims
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1. A method for tracking animals, comprising:
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receiving a group of animals; entering information relating to the group of animals into a computer system; entering into the computer system an identification of each animal from a physical identifier for the animal enabling the computer system to identify each animal and distinguish each animal from every other animal in a group; entering into the computer system animal data relating to individual animals and correlating the animal data with an identification of the individual animals in the computer system; entering into the computer system location data for identified individual animals for a location or locations occupied by the identified individual animals; correlating in the computer system the location data for each identified individual animal with the identified individual animal'"'"'s identification; filtering confidential information from data entered into the computer system, wherein the confidential information includes at least one previous location identifier; and allowing a user to review a filtered record for an identified individual animal that includes a present location identifier for a present location of the identified individual animal and that the identified individual animal occupied at least one previous location without disclosing the at least one previous location identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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14. The method according to 11 wherein requesting a trace report from a data trustee comprises:
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determining an animal identifier for the diseased animal; performing a data look-up in a public sector database to retrieve a data record address that stores diseased animal data; and retrieving the diseased animal data from the data trustee using the data record address. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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42. A method for tracking animals, comprising:
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receiving a group of animals; entering information relating to the group of animals into a computer system; entering into the computer system a group identifier for the group of animals enabling the computer system to distinguish animals in the group of animals from animals in every other group; entering into the computer system location data for the group of animals for a location or locations occupied by the group of animals; correlating in the computer system the location data for the group of animals with the group identifier for the group of animals; filtering confidential information from data entered into the computer system, wherein the confidential information includes at least one previous location identifier; and allowing a user to review a filtered record for the group of animals that includes a present location identifier for a present location of the group of animals and that the group of animals occupied at least one previous location without disclosing the at least one previous location identifier. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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