Patent ID: 9192142
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A dispensing system comprising: an activity monitoring device; and a dispensing device comprising a product storage chamber, comprising a bar code reader configured to identify types of food used with the dispensing device, and further comprising a processor configured to receive a communication generated by the activity monitoring device, wherein the processor is capable of controlling the dispensing device to dispense a product from the product storage chamber in response to the communication from the activity monitoring device, the communication comprises a measurement corresponding to a status of an animal wearing the activity monitoring device, the product dispensed from the product storage chamber is a selected type of food determined by the processor based at least partially on the status of the animal, and the status is selected from the group consisting of heart rate, activity, weight, height, and combinations thereof; wherein the product dispensed by the dispensing device correlates with the animal's activities in the communication generated by the activity monitoring device and wherein when the activity monitoring device approaches the dispensing device to within a specified distance, the activity monitoring device communicates with the processor and the processor dispenses the product.