Patent ID: 7085777
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: A01B,A01D,A01F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for tracing the identity of an agricultural product, the method comprising: holding an agricultural product in a container associated with a tag, the tag being readable via electromagnetic radiation; reading the tag at a reading time at one of an origination location, a destination location, and any location between the origination location and the destination location to determine a container identifier associated with the container; generating ancillary data associated with one of the locations and the reading time, the ancillary data including at least one of a status indicator for the product and a custodian identifier for the corresponding reading time; transmitting the container identifier and the ancillary data for storage in a data management system; establishing a product-flow description for the agricultural product for transport of the product from the origination location to the destination location based on the container identifier and the corresponding ancillary data for sequential reading times; wherein the establishing comprises establishing a historical travel path of the container and the agricultural product or a derivative thereof, the travel path including at least one of an origination location, an intermediate location, and a destination location for the agricultural product or a derivative thereof; and wherein the product-flow description comprises an agricultural product traced through its transformation into a derivative product and its corresponding attributes, the product flow description including a first derivative product identifier through an nth derivative product identifier, where n is any whole number equal to or greater than two, product attributes for each corresponding derivative product, and a product identifier.