Patent ID: 6073114
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for tracking timber incorporating the use of a mounted memory device, a first hand-held memory device, and a second hand-held memory device, said method comprising the following steps:a. identifying a tract of timber to be harvested;b. creating a first set of data related to said tract of timber;c. copying the first set of data to the first hand-held memory device;d. adding supplemental data to the first hand-held memory device for the creation thereby of a second set of data for storage in the first hand-held memory device, said second set of data containing said first set of data and said supplemental data, and wherein creating the second set of data includes creating a second set of data having fields for identifying the person responsible for cutting the timber and for loading it onto the vehicle;e. providing the first hand held device to a person;f. cutting the tract of timber;g. loading the cut timber onto a vehicle, said vehicle having attached to it said mounted memory device;h. copying said second set of data from the first hand-held memory device to the mounted memory device by touching the first hand-held memory device to the mounted memory device;i. transporting the vehicle to a destination;j. copying the second set of data from the mounted memory device to the second hand-held memory device by touching the second hand-held memory device to the mounted memory device;k. adding supplemental data to the second hand-held memory device for the creation thereby of a third set of data for storage in the second hand-held memory device; andl. transforming a third set of data from the second hand-held memory device to the mounted memory device by touching the second hand-held memory device to the mounted memory device.