Graphical shepherding

A method of electronically retrieving behavioral modification actions associated with a current geographic location and movement direction including shepherding wayward dogs to selectively shepherd said wayward dog back into an alert zone, comprising the steps of:

• electronically storing a behavioral guidance region having a plurality of distinct behavioral guidance zones including a safe zone, said alert zone, and an out-of-bounds zone in an electronically accessible memory as a two-dimensional data table having a first dimension index and a second dimension index;
• electronically saving a unique set of behavioral modification actions associated with each one of said plurality of distinct behavioral guidance zones in said electronically accessible memory;
• electronically determining said current geographic location relative to said behavioral guidance region;
• electronically detecting a direction of at least one of a movement from a first represented position in said data table to a second represented position in said data table and a movement intent from said first represented position relative to said alert zone;
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• producing positive stimulus within said at least one animal stimulation apparatus when said current geographic location is determined to be within said out-of-bounds zone and said second represented current position relative to said first represented current position is indicative of movement from said out-of-bounds zone into said alert zone;
• wherein said step of electronically detecting a direction of at least one of a movement and a movement intent relative to said alert zone further comprises the steps of:
• electronically reading a future position guidance zone value located in a path of sequential future position guidance zone values stored in said data table that are defined in direction by a displacement from said second represented current position relative to said first represented current position and defined in location sequentially extending away from both of said second represented position and said first represented current position;
• electronically comparing said read future position guidance zone value with said guidance zone value representing said out-of-bounds zone subsequent to said read of said future position guidance zone value;
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• electronically determining responsive to said compare that if said read future position guidance zone value does not equal said guidance zone value representing said out-of-bounds zone that said second represented current position relative to said first represented current position is indicative of movement from said out-of-bounds zone into said alert zone.

A method of electronically retrieving behavioral modification actions associated with a current geographic location and movement direction including shepherding wayward dogs to selectively shepherd said wayward dog back into an alert zone, comprising the steps of:

• electronically storing a behavioral guidance region having a plurality of distinct behavioral guidance zones including a safe zone, said alert zone, and an out-of-bounds zone in an electronically accessible memory as a two-dimensional data table having a first dimension index and a second dimension index;
• electronically saving a unique set of behavioral modification actions associated with each one of said plurality of distinct behavioral guidance zones in said electronically accessible memory;
• electronically determining said current geographic location relative to said behavioral guidance region;
• electronically detecting a direction of at least one of a movement from a first represented position in said data table to a second represented position in said data table and a movement intent from said first represented position relative to said alert zone;
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• producing positive stimulus within said at least one animal stimulation apparatus when said current geographic location is determined to be within said out-of-bounds zone and said second represented current position relative to said first represented current position is indicative of movement from said out-of-bounds zone into said alert zone;
• wherein said step of electronically detecting a direction of at least one of a movement and a movement intent relative to said alert zone further comprises the steps of:
• electronically first calculating said movement from said out-of-bounds zone into said alert zone using a first calculation technique;
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• electronically second calculating said movement from said out-of-bounds zone into said alert zone using a second calculation technique different from said first calculation technique.