Patent ID: 7681527
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: A01K,G06Q,G16H,H04B,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method for tracking animals destined for commercial food production, comprising: receiving animals in a feedlot, where the animals have been commingled by mixing from different groups of animals; identifying the animals using a physical identification device, where each animal is individually associated with a physical identification device; entering into a computer system location data for locations occupied by identified animals; correlating in the computer system each identified animal's location data with its identification; identifying in the computer system one or more locations occupied by an identified animal; enabling confidential information to be filtered from data entered into the computer, wherein the confidential information includes a previous location identifier; allowing a user to review a record for an identified animal that includes a location identifier for a present location of the identified animal and that the identified animal occupied a previous location without disclosing the previous location identifier; recording at least one characteristic of identified animals, including a measured weight for identified animals, and matching in the computer the characteristic with an identified animal's identification; feeding identified animals with a group of other animals; storing in the computer a projected limit or condition for identified animals; and making a computer projection of an estimated time or date for an identified animal to achieve the projected limit or condition based at least in part on the characteristics.