Patent ID: 8917172

Claim:
An animal-borne device for controlling access by an animal into an area, comprising: a) a controller comprising a processor and memory, the memory storing a list comprising at least one stored identification identifying at least one RFID tag placed in an area from which the animal is to be excluded; b) an RFID reader coupled to a bidirectional port of the controller; c) an alarm coupled to an output of the controller; and d) program instructions stored in the memory of the controller, executable by the processor to execute the steps of: i) receiving a communication of an identification of an RFID tag from the RFID reader when the RFID reader reads an RFID tag having an identification; ii) looking up the identification communicated from the RFID reader in the plurality of stored identifications in the memory; and iii) if the identification communicated from the RFID reader is on the list stored in the memory of the controller, the controller activating the alarm.